"Scrape off the priceless ambergris and I'll let you go."
Posted on 08/24/2006 2:02:02 PM PDT by Millee
North Wales is facing a gold rush after 'whale vomit' was found washed up on its beaches.
Valuable ambergris - known as floating gold - has recently been found at Rhos on Sea and Shell Island, reports the Daily Post.
Finds of ambergis can be worth around £2,000 - and they could lead to a gold rush among would-be beachcombers.
Ambergis is used to produce perfume and can fetch more than £10 a gram.
It is produced when the whale has been eating squid and their parrot-like beaks have irritated the walls of its innards.
Rarely recovered on British shores, ambergris is usually found on the coasts of the United States and Australia.
Yep, he just heated up the Ny Slimes executive hot tub with his tingling.
"Scrape off the priceless ambergris and I'll let you go."
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