Why is it that, you can put a seashell to your ear,...?

Question

and hear the ocean?

Answer 1

It's your imagination

Answer 2

it is just the wind

Answer 3

The sound you are hearing is just the close circulation of air next to your ear. You get the exact same effect if you cup your hand over your ear. You can really hear it when you rapidly move your hand away and towards your head...cupping your ear with each pass.

Answer 4

the small ammount of air in the shell is swirling, rubbing against your eardrum in your middle ear.. making a sound that's reminicent of  waves crashing

Answer 5

I Talk to Davey Jones often with one of them Kris and theres no Charges'' lmao

Answer 6

Sound waves travel much better through solids (the seashell) than they do liquids(the air) so when you put the seashell against your ear the friction of the wind against the shell is loud enough to hear.