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How do animals smell things from miles away? Do things give off a physical ‘thing’ in the air that the animal senses? What about sharks sensing blood in the water? How does a drop off blood affect the water around it for it to give off a smell that the sharks can pick up on?

by /u/TomakaTom in /r/askscience

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