they funnel in the sound waves from the enviroment
A surprisingly long distance as elephants are able to generate very low frequency sounds (i.e. infrasonic, frequencies that humans cannot hear at all) that can travel through the ground for many tens of miles and still be heard by other elephants.
hi jess
I'd say about 3/4 to 1 mile away.
From 10 meters away .
A mouse has small ears but their small ears can help them hear things that are quite far away.
200 kHz
"Hear" They can HEAR something up to 5 miles away
a lynx can hear a prey from 65 metres away
almost instantly.
25 miles away
2 miles
ultrasonic