Ambergris, that versatile sperm whale excretion that Herman Melville wrote so prodigiously about when the ocean was just a Dave & Buster’s for murdering sperm whales, can be a pretty valuable ...
If you happen to come across a smelly rock while taking a long walk on the beach, it could be your lucky day. A couple in the UK stumbled across a large rock that many are calling “whale vomit.” The ...
The odd, enduring appeal of a scarce commodity few people use and no one really needs Text by Mark Wilding, Illustrations by Aurélie Beatley, Hakai In a sparsely furnished office building in the ...
A group of fishermen from a war-torn Middle Eastern nation have been lifted out of poverty after they made a lucky discovery in the Gulf of Aden. The 35 men from Yemen found the carcass of a sperm ...
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Police foil smugglers in possession of valuable 'whale vomit' — here's what you need to know
Three smugglers were caught with 5.7 kilograms (12.6 pounds) of ambergris in a village in Goa, India, according to Goa News Hub. Police arrested three people who possessed ambergris, otherwise known ...
Clumps of squid beaks sticking out of clay in Italy's Umbrian badlands may be the first fossilized ambergris, or whale poo, ever found. Ambergris is a fatty, waxy-looking substance. Scientists believe ...
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