Is It Possible To Talk Underwater?

[Rob McCow]

OK - random question time. This is bugging me now, someone mentioned it at work.

I know whales and dolphins communicate under water, but they come to the surface to take in air, which allows them to make noises.

Do other animals/fish make noises underwater? Would it be possible to talk underwater?

Who knows?

[Pip Madeley]

I just tried it.

Didn't work...

[Dirk Gently]

It's not possible to talk under water unless you have an air chamber. But divers do use Full Face Masks which allows short range communication. I believe whales use internal vibration to make noises that then travel through the water. But Dolphins I believe don't need air to make noises, they click. The same principal as making noise under water by hitting something.

Was that what you wanted or am I just bored & rambling?

[Rob McCow]

That 'sounds' helpful, Tim. Divers, I believe, use various elements of sign language to communicate.

I just tried it.

And when people ask why your hair is wet, what are you going to say, Pip?

[Dirk Gently]

That 'sounds' helpful, Tim. Divers, I believe, use various elements of sign language to communicate.

Yes, unfortunately not all of them use the same signs as each other. It depends on who you are affiliated to & taught by. It's where the 'OK' sign came from, thumbs up mean ascend & thumbs down means descend but everything else is open to personal choice.

[Si Hunt]

I can do a great "being dead" act under water. I just sort of lay there, floating on the surface with my eyes all open and goggley. Combined with a reasonable ability to stay underwater without coming up for air for a fair while, it's a great party trick for scaring relatives.

Si.

[Alex]

I hope swimming trunks are involved Si!

[Si Hunt]

Of course. I'm talking about scaring them, not shocking them dead which would be the case if my dong was flopped out as well.

Why would I even be naked anyway?

Si.

[Alex]

It's just the way I imagined it.

Actually it was because I thought for some reason you'd do such a thing in the bath. But that'd be madness. Mad mad mad madness.

[Ralph]

Would it be possible to talk underwater?

No

[Pip Madeley]

And when people ask why your hair is wet, what are you going to say, Pip?

I tied my hair back.