Man finds sperm whale vomit on beach, lucky bastard!

youtube!

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/its-floating-gold-dog-walker-finds-horrible-smelling-lump-of-sperm-whale-vomit-worth-100k-3371612.html



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FatherLen

was there a watch in it?

staker

What the **** don't they use in manufacturing these days?

arybvtcw0eolkf

This is just sick :eek:

squod

Whale puke. Because you're worth it.

Lumbo

I keep thinking that he's getting money for whale sperm.

steddyeddy

I think they may still use it in perfume

pabloh999

youtube! wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/its-floating-gold-dog-walker-finds-horrible-smelling-lump-of-sperm-whale-vomit-worth-100k-3371612.html

The indo comments are sometimes a bit like reading after hours..
wonder if its the same people..hmmm

gobnaitolunacy

Must have been a sperm whale stag party offshore last night.

Conall Cernach

I knew that it was expensive but I didn't realise just how expensive. Didn't know that it came in "rock" form either I always thought it was some sort of rubbery puke splat thing. Must keep my eyes open at the beach from now on.

DominoDub

Got to love whats in you Chanel No5

Whale vomit and Beaver Piss glands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoreum

--Kaiser--

It is theorised that ambergris is produced by the stomach of the sperm whale to ease the passage of hard parts of squid exoskeleton (squid being the main diet of these animals)

MonkstownHoop

"However, upon arriving home he says something “triggered my mind” and he looked the substance up on the internet."

B**liks! he got that whale drunk on purpose

dr.bollocko

I only knew what this story was about before I clicked on it because of futurama.

Mammanabammana

How do things like this go from being what they are to being something this valuable?

dr.bollocko

Mammanabammana wrote: »

How do things like this go from being what they are to being something this valuable?

Because people have more money than sense.

starlings

Ambergris has been used for centuries, but not so much now as it's so hard to find and therefore expensive. Likewise musk, from the glands of certain animals (well, they find it sexy). Chemical compounds that mimic it are found as basenotes in perfumes that you probably enjoy - though I'd say they're ruined for you now.
Harks back to the days when people didn't want to smell like a teenage girl in a florist's that has been scrubbed down with detergent.

"I'll be home in three days," wrote Napoleon to Josephine, "don't wash."

--Kaiser--

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I only knew what this story was about before I clicked on it because of futurama.

And I knew because of Moby Dick, which makes me smarter than you

biko

"Ambergris" does sound nicer than "whale puke".

ITS_A_BADGER

Maybe shes born with it, Maybe its whale Vomit

starlings

biko wrote: »

"Ambergris" does sound nicer than "whale puke".

yep, just like "pearl" sounds nicer than "oyster cyst". Style is not for the squeamish.:p

ITS_A_BADGER

Actually could be a lot worse " Man finds vomit whale sperm on beach"

stevenmu

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

And I knew because of Moby Dick, which makes me smarter than you

I saw an episode of Futurama based on Moby Dick which makes me smarter than both of you.

--Kaiser--

stevenmu wrote: »

I saw an episode of Futurama based on Moby Dick which makes me smarter than both of you.

Curse you and you cleverness!

youtube!

Funnily enough the only time I have heard of the word Ambergis was in a not so well known song by a very well known band below are the lyrics can you guess the band (no googling) but I bet you will anyway!


I catch the scent of Ambergris

And turn my head surprised

My gaze is caught and held and I

Am helpless....Mesmerised

Fratton Fred

They've obviously never been to temple bar. Ive seen some right old whales vomiting there.

Pfft, I've often thrown up €150 worth of vomit after a session on a Saturday night

ScumLord

Keegan Unsightly Can wrote: »

This is just sick :eek:

No, what's sick is women rubbing this stuff all over themselves like a dog rolling in shyte. Sometimes walking into a room full of dolled up women is like being tear gassed.

3ndahalfof6

So I am guessing beach is a top porn female star, that is all.

krudler

Note to self, take some whales out on the lash

fryup

****whale vomit found in co clare*****

could be worth 100k

TWO surfing pals may have struck sea gold after finding what appears to be a lump of rare whale vomit that could fetch them tens of thousands of euro.
Alan Davey (38), from Ennis, Co Clare, was getting surf lessons in lahinch from his friend Brian Miller, from Cratloe, when they saw the unusual substance, believed to be ambergris, on the beach.

http://www.thestar.ie/star/surfers-whale-vomit-find-could-be-worth-thousands/

Duggy747

I read the headline on the article too fast:

It's floating gold! Dog walker finds 'horrible smelling' lump of sperm

Eurgh....

Dolbert

Precious hamburgers

mike65

Its the new Klondike!

antodeco

I just google imaged what that stuff looks like. I could easily have walked over it millions of times. It just looks like a normal rock!

LizT

On doing so, unemployed Mr Willman discovered the substance is likely to be ambergris - a lump of sperm whale vomit – which is used in perfumes such as Chanel No.5 to amplify the scent.

So that explains why Chanel No.5 smells so bad...

smash

antodeco wrote: »

I just google imaged what that stuff looks like. I could easily have walked over it millions of times. It just looks like a normal rock!

But it floats, so just throw it in the water to be sure!

antodeco

smash wrote: »

But it floats, so just throw it in the water to be sure!

Ah ok! So it must be really light like styrofoam?