Whales do not have vocal cords but can pass air between two large internal cavities in their bodies and the passage way vibrates, allowing the whale to make sounds while submerged without exhaling. Fo...Whales do not have vocal cords but can pass air between two large internal cavities in their bodies and the passage way vibrates, allowing the whale to make sounds while submerged without exhaling. For talking, humans use the mouth and larynx to form two resonance cavities which produce vocal formants that shape the buzzing of the vocal folds into distinct sounds.
