ambergris
Inside the Secretive, Lucrative and Occasionally Violent World of Finding and Selling Whale Poop
Ambergris’ value on the perfume market has given rise to a shady subculture of fraudsters, dealers and thugs – some of whom are willing to spill blood to protect their patch.
A Man in Mumbai Was Arrested for Trying to Sell Whale Vomit for Rs 1.7 Crore
The man was caught at a railway station with 1.3 kgs of ambergris, a wax-like secretion in the endangered species.
A Man Found a Chunk of Whale Vomit Worth $10,000
The vomit contained ambergris, a substance produced inside whales' stomachs, which can be used to create the musky smell in perfume.
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