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Old 01-24-2006, 08:55 AM #1
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Australian whale vomit find worth a fortune

Tue Jan 24, 1:27 AM ET

SYDNEY (AFP) - A family on the south Australian coast found a piece of whale vomit on the beach that is tipped to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, national radio reported.
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The chunk of ambergris, which is sought after by perfume manufacturers, weighed 14.75 kilograms (32 pounds) and is worth about 20 US dollars per gram, ABC radio said -- making a total of 295,000 dollars.

Fisherman Leon Wright and his wife Loralee found the ambergris, which sperm whales are believed to vomit to rid their intestines of hard objects such as squid beaks, on a remote beach near Streaky Bay.

Loralee was reluctant to accept her husband's suggestion that they throw the mysterious, solid, fatty object into the back of her four-wheel-drive vehicle, so they left it there, said local marine expert Ken Jury.

Two weeks later, travelling in Leon's vehicle, they discovered that it was still there and took it home, Jury, who is advising the family, told AFP.

Ambergris, which floats after being vomited by the whales, is a rare find and has to a large extent been replaced in the fragrance industry by synthetics.

that is very expensive vomit.
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Old 01-24-2006, 09:03 AM #2
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Old 01-24-2006, 09:31 AM #3
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that guy just got that much richer
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what kind of hard objects have they been feeding the sperm whale?
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Old 01-24-2006, 10:52 AM #5
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Squid beaks.

Giant squids and whales are always duking it out.
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what kind of hard objects have they been feeding the sperm whale?

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Old 01-24-2006, 02:39 PM #7
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They use vomit in perfumes? Thats unusual.
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The exact same thing popped in my head, even before opening the thread


Haha me too.

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Old 01-24-2006, 05:24 PM #10
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Whoa, I actually read the article and found out ambergris is real
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Wow. That is kinda sorry. Yep, Ambergris is indeed "real".
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You heard Roseanne.
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and nobody has started farming these whales yet????
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Old 01-25-2006, 01:22 AM #15
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*resists urge to use joke to call a n-philes member a whale*
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and nobody has started farming these whales yet????


Because "farming" as you say is so incredibly easy with gigantic aquatic mammals.
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because whaling has been illegal since the sixties
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He is refering to letting whales vomit naturally then farming the vomit.
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Old 01-25-2006, 04:52 PM #19
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farming whales would be a terrible waste of time. and they'd probably die at a very young age anyways.

and whaling, isn't illegal in all countries (like japan)
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How much liqour does it take to make Fudge vomit? I need some cash.
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