Take dog for walk, find whale vomit, accumulate $$ : Briton finds valuable whale vomit along beachsi
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[tab]What appears to be a dirty, odourous beach rock could be expensive ingredient for high-end perfumes like Chanel No. 5.[/tab][img]http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2013/01/31/discovery_of_whale_vomit_by_british_man_ken_wilman_could_be_smelly_windfall/whale_vomit.jpg.size.xxlarge.promo.jpg[/img]
[url=http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/01/31/discovery_of_whale_vomit_by_british_man_ken_wilman_could_be_smelly_windfall.html]Source (The Toronto Star)[/url]
I swear , i've heard about this before. but nonetheless, that must be pretty cool to find $60,000 lying around on a beach like that.
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ambergris
[editline]31st January 2013[/editline]
no way... the same picture and everything. Aw
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ambergris
[editline]31st January 2013[/editline]
no way... the same picture and everything :([/QUOTE]
His was better.
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ambergris
[editline]31st January 2013[/editline]
no way... the same picture and everything. Aw[/QUOTE]
Its over son.
Whale biologists
BBC source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-21254718[/url]
[quote=Da Beeb on da wailz, yo]Ambergris is a substance secreted by sperm whales which is thought to protect against intestinal irritation caused by the beaks of their prey, squid and cuttlefish
Large pieces of the substance are vomited up by the whales and, once disgorged, float on water. Over ten to 20 years, the soft, foul-smelling waste solidifies and its odour mellows to become sweeter and more musky
It has the nickname of floating gold, due to its value to the perfume industry, but has also been used as incense, medicine and a food flavouring[/quote]
In [u]correct money[/u] for the 3kg haul that's worth £43,000 (or 50,000 eurobux)
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ambergris
[editline]31st January 2013[/editline]
no way... the same picture and everything. Aw[/QUOTE]
That's weird, the vomit has different patterns in each picture.
[QUOTE=LSK;39429462]That's weird, the vomit has different patterns in each picture.[/QUOTE]They're from slightly different points in the scene.
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;39429481]They're from slightly different points in the scene.[/QUOTE]
Also the whales face doesn't change iirc
So you're telling me they make $400 perfume from fucking Whale vomit
[QUOTE=Spot of Tea;39430207]So you're telling me they make $400 perfume from fucking Whale vomit[/QUOTE]
yep
just like a star is made from dust.
[QUOTE=Spot of Tea;39430207]So you're telling me they make $400 perfume from fucking Whale vomit[/QUOTE]
Most of the stuff that goes into perfume smells like shit. It's just that for some reason, our brains register the smells as pleasant when they're diluted by a lot.
[quote=The Toronto Star]The unusual stone, which had washed up on a beach in Morecambe, England, gives off a musky smell that has been likened to the smell of horse manure.[/quote]
So smells it like the rest of Morecambe then.
My oh my; fortunate to find precious ambergris just laying around on the beach. Hopefully he acquires a good sum for that chunk.
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