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Beachcombers, you’ve been doing it wrong. Forget trying to find washed-up bits of wood or tin cans ‘n stuff, and just do what this Lancashire dog walker did: find a chunk of genuine vomit (side note: eeeeeeewwwwwwwww), and then sell it to a very unlikely industry for a whopping 100 grand. Nice.
Whale-sick like this is better known as ambergris, and its unique scent make it valuable to perfume-makers. So valuable, in fact, that there are estimates of £100,000 floating around for the 3kg lump. A French firm has already approached the lucky dude with an offer for 50,000 euros, but he’s waiting for a better valuation before cashing in. Still, £30,000 for a kilo of whale vomit. Petrol’s looking pretty cheap now ain’t it? [Telegraph]
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whoa!!! has that womans face!!! botox overload
haha yep and its a really bad botox job lol tbh the older you are the worse it looks when it comes to botox lol
I’ve seen Futurama too, Gizmodo.
that’s sickening.
That is a very shiny human being. . .
Two questions:
1) Where can I find a whale?
2) How do I make it vomit?
Can’t answer 1), but 2) is straightforward:
Bieber CD + waterproof speakers
Put whale in tank and make it puke up yellow crap.
Great business right there. Although ‘the Chinese’ probably have that market wrapped up.
That’s nasty. Why aren’t the papers all up in arms about our perfumes having whale vomit in them?
I don’t understand why this is news? I mean this has been going on for years, more recently in the perfume industry as more and more companies use it. A binding chemical which retains smells and used in perfume/cologne is used in nearly all fragrances.
I think the dog should choose who he sells it to, or eat it like it probably planned on doing.