Wild blacktip sharks can hear sounds from nearly 250 feet away and pinpoint where they come from; Florida experiments reveal how the predators locate sound underwater

• Wild blacktip sharks may have a more sophisticated sense of hearing than scientists previously realised.
• A study by researchers at Florida Atlantic University found that free-swimming sharks can detect low-frequency sounds from as far as 74 metres, or roughly 243 feet, away and respond by turning sharply away from the source.
• The findings were reported by ScienceDaily and Florida Atlantic University, with the research published in Integrative Organismal Biology.