The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.
It also has to do with the sounds around you. They bounce off the walls of the seashell, and make a distorted sound in your ear.
I remember when I was little, used to think that I could magically hear the ocean.
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