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  • Whale vomit brings wealth (barf alert)

    01/24/2006 8:17:55 AM PST · by dead · 63 replies · 4,295+ views
    Sunday Times (South Africa) ^ | Tuesday January 24, 2006 08:35 - (SA)
    SYDNEY - 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. The chunk of ambergris, which is sought after by perfume manufacturers, weighed 14.75 kilograms 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....