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 ...
Ken Wilman was walking along a Lancashire beach recently when his dog became interested in a large, smelly rock sitting on the sand. Not realizing what the curious pooch had found, Wilman left it ...
A father from Scotland claims to have discovered a rare chunk of whale vomit worth more than $50,000 — but experts have told him it’s nothing but “sewage grease.” Ronnie Humphreys, 42, says the nearly ...
Whale vomit will lead to a filthy fortune for an 8-year-old English boy after the piece of ambergris he discovered is estimated to be worth more than $60,000. Ambergris is hardened vomit from the ...
After a group of fisherman struck it rich after finding over £1million of ambergris, we see whether you could be as lucky. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get ...
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