Nature's mysterious things...
2006-06-30 04:32:31 · 11 answers · asked by confused 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Thanks to all of you!! I never thought about it this way! Every answer is the best for me!! Thanx
2006-06-30 04:46:56 · update #1
What you are actually hearing is the blood coursing through your ear canal, echoed from the shell back to your ear.
2006-06-30 04:43:32 · answer #1 · answered by J P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The most likely explanation for the wave-like noise is ambient noise from around you. The seashell that you are holding just slightly above your ear captures this noise, which resonates inside the shell. The size and shape of the shell therefore has some effect on the sound you hear. Different shells sound different because different shells accentuate different frequencies. You can also hear the same thing sometimes with a cup.
2006-06-30 04:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish it was the sound of the sea that you hear in the seashell. The idea is much more romantic that the reality. According to the skinny in the source I cite below, what you are hearing is the sound of blood coursing through your skull. I bet you are sorry you asked. Let's pretend that it is really the sea, OK?
2006-06-30 09:50:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the sea. It's just sound echoing off the walls of the shell. All that echoing sounds like the sea.
2006-06-30 04:36:05 · answer #4 · answered by christigmc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are actualy just hearing they white noise of every day life it is just gathered by the sea shell, it only sounds like the ocean, its not really the ocean
2006-06-30 04:36:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is some kind of echo or feedback of the usually quiet noises all around us.
2006-06-30 07:23:32 · answer #6 · answered by AnnieOakley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called an echo
2006-06-30 04:36:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because shells are from sea water and thus they hav the sound .
2006-06-30 04:36:57 · answer #8 · answered by its me 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you are not actually hearing the ocean you are hearing echos from inside your own ear.
2006-06-30 04:36:48 · answer #9 · answered by miss giggles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's all in your head! :-) but really, cup your hand around your ear, and be really quiet, and you'll hear the same noise, only it'll be a bit quieter. the noise you hear is in your head.
2006-06-30 04:40:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋