How blood can be smelled over distances in water by sharks when it would take the physical water that has the blood awhile to reach them?

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How blood can be smelled over distances in water by sharks when it would take the physical water that has the blood awhile to reach them?

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It does take a while. But once they detect it, they just follow the direction the smell gets stronger. They can sense such an absurdly small amount which is why they can be so far away and still detect the blood.

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