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Couple thrilled to find rare chunk of whale vomit worth up to $70,000
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| April 14, 2016
| Amy Graff
Posted on 04/14/2016 8:15:43 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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Stupid me. I would have gone "eeewww whale barf" and walked around it.
To: artichokegrower
Actually I believe it is illegal to own or sell ambergris in the US. It is also probably illegal to transport it either across state lines or out of the country.
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:18:53 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
To: Fai Mao
makes you want to keep a whale in a tank and feed it McDonald’s
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:20:07 PM PDT
by
ghosthost
To: artichokegrower
“Stupid me. I would have gone “eeewww whale barf” and walked around it.”
And yet, you posted this in News/Activism.
To: artichokegrower
"Couple thrilled to find rare chunk of whale vomit worth up to $70,000...".... Jeeeez ... Wonder what my vomit is worth ..... Heck .... I'd sell it for half that!
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:23:06 PM PDT
by
R_Kangel
( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
To: Fai Mao
“Actually I believe it is illegal to own or sell ambergris in the US.”
I think that does not apply to ambergris when found to have been expelled by the whale.
“In the US, sperm whales are protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, which prohibits the use of any product from an endangered species. However, ambergris is regarded as a bit of a grey area, being a waste product and thus capable of being ‘salvaged’ without needing to harm whales.” http://us.whales.org/blog/2015/09/ambergris-lucky-lucrative-and-legal
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:23:27 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
(Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: artichokegrower
.... So ... let me get this straight ...... Michael Moore goes to the beach and pukes all over the place .... And it's worth money?
.... Only in California .....
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:25:14 PM PDT
by
R_Kangel
( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
To: artichokegrower
Whale vomit? The way I heard it, ambergris comes from the other end of the whale.
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:25:16 PM PDT
by
Buttons12
( It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis.)
To: artichokegrower
I learned about ambergris from Encyclopedia Brown and Smelly Nellie 45 years ago.
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:26:37 PM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: ghosthost
makes you want to keep a whale in a tank and feed it McDonaldsThen it would smell like french fries.
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:29:48 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: uglybiker
i’d make a giant q-tip to shove down its throat
To: uglybiker
I’d yell-”make me some money, b——!!”
To: R_Kangel
Only in CaliforniaThis didn't happen in California. Thanks for playing.
To: Fai Mao
Wiki sez you're correct =>
United States The possession and trade of ambergris is prohibited by the Endangered Species Act of 1973.[18]
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:34:47 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: artichokegrower
whoever figures out a way to administer ipecap to sperm whales will make a fortune.
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:38:05 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We have the fight of our lives coming up to save our nation!" ~ Jim Robinson)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:40:29 PM PDT
by
Catmom
(We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
To: Fai Mao
While technically true (stupid archaic environmental rules which do nothing to help out wildlife), I’ve heard there are way around this if one finds ambergris on the beach.
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:42:32 PM PDT
by
JSDude1
To: ghosthost
**Super-size** it for a big pay day.
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posted on
04/14/2016 8:43:02 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We have the fight of our lives coming up to save our nation!" ~ Jim Robinson)
To: artichokegrower
Whale must’ve been listening to Obama speeches.
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