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Apparently a shark can smell blood up to a quarter of a mile away. How does...

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Apparently a shark can smell blood up to a quarter of a mile away.How does smell travel in water? It would seem strange that if youdrop ink in water it takes ages to dissipate so how can theindividual particles of a smell travel so far and apparently sofast?

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You are absolutely right in questioning the scenario in wildlife programmes where sharks apparently are attracted from a distance within a very short time after some smelly substance has been dumped in the ocean Water molecules in general    See Answer
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