Could you imagine if people paid a bajillion for your vomit yeah man maybe if you were a Sperm whale.
Picture your are walking along the beach and your dog draws you to this nice size rock along beach it smells horrible and has strange sort of texture. So you think yourself you what this is the 21 century . I'm google it and when you do you find out it's actually whale vomit.
But as if that wasn't good enough news you then you want to learn that whale vomit is actually worth thousands of dollars pre pound.
Best New Ever.
So this happened to this dude in picture from lancashire in 2013 he found six pound lump of whale vomit walking along the beach and he cashed in about 150 G at the bank. Few years ago same thing happened in Australia were a couple found a lump and cashed in nearly $300,000
And Who is putting down the big bucks on this stinky lump of hardened intestinal slurry and why.
It's perfume companies makes a total sense right...... no no it's doesn't until you learn that the fragrance industry isn't actually after the whale vomit for the smell.
It's for the ability to stick the prefume scent to human flesh it's a fixative it preserve the prefume blend by slowing its evaporation off of your. Compound have a fancy name- AMBERGRIS
Ambergris comes from sprem whale which are endangered which is why ambergris is actually illegal in many countries like U.S.A. In these country they use other synthetic fixative
It's mostly French prefume companies who stock the natural whale puke but the french aren't the only ones surprised this stuff ancient Egyptians used Ambergris for incense and these days they use it to send cigarettes.
In the middle ages it was used as a treatment for headaches and during the black death people believed that carrying around a ball of Ambergris protected them from the plaque. The pungent smell covered the scent of air which is what people that was causing the plaques.
Ambergris does serve an important function in our sperm whale friends. The beaks of giant squid have been found imbedded within lumps of Ambergris so scientists have theorized that it comes from the whales intestinal track to ease the passage of hard sharp objects that the whale might eat and although people still call it whale vomit it's probable the Ambergris comes out both ends with the biggest pieces coming up out through the mouth.Lovely visaual that one .
Whale ejects ambergris into the sea the Ambergris gray material harden as it Bob's along on the ocean sometimes it'll be floating along its sea for years before it's found and then that time the salty water gives it a sort of waxy texture .
So if you're walking along the beach and you're able to identify some just remember your friend a steemit told yoy what was up
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wow..residue could be worth that much?😁
Yesss man