Posted on 06/03/2021 2:16:16 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
A 35-man fishing crew in Yemen netted themselves a hunk of whale vomit worth $1.5 million.
Ambergris, known as "floating gold," is a rare substance found only in the bellies of sperm whales.
The fishermen sold off the 280-pound hunk of ambergris and bought new houses, cars, and boats.
Ambergris is particularly valuable for its use making perfumes' scents last longer. According to National Geographic, Chanel and Lanvin use ambergris in some of their high-end scents.
The substance was a rare find. The fishing boat just happened to haul up a sperm whale's carcass while fishing in the Gulf of Aden, per The India Times. While they were towing it back to shore, the crew determined there might be ambergris in the whale's stomach, because of the strong smell of marine fecal odor that the substance emits.
"The smell wasn't very nice, but it was worth lots of money," one of the fishermen told the BBC.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
Thinking, I'm safe with Old Spice?
And I’m good with Wind Song.
It is illegal to even pick the stuff up off the beach in the US.
Things I have never heard a woman say
Hello dear. just sit down and relax, I’ve made you a drink. I’ll be right back after I slip into something more comfortable and put on a strong smell of marine fecal odor.
Some lady is going to be very happy rubbing that on her neck.
Ambergris is particularly valuable for its use making perfumes’ scents last longer.
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I would imagine whale vomit would be like that.
Not a Mainer, I see.
LOL!
—”And I’m good with Wind Song.”
How will Queequeg earn his living?
Diving in whale viscera is in his job description.
Cptn Ahab was save to this info
so about $43K per crew member? That’s not a lot of money to buy new cars, boats, and homes....
so attacking Barf Bags to Whales will make you rich , LOL
—”That’s not a lot of money to buy new cars, boats, and homes.”
The cost of living in Yemen is slightly lower than most of the USA.
“put on a strong smell of marine fecal odor.”
I’ve always worn good perfume since high-school days. I owe a lot to those whales. Even went on whale-watching boat in San Francisco. Lovely creatures, better alive than dead.
Can we buy shares in whale hurl?
“Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze! all the morning long; I squeezed that sperm till I myself almost melted into it; I squeezed that sperm till a strange sort of insanity came over me, and I found myself unwittingly squeezing my co-labourers’ hands in it, mistaking their hands for the gentle globules. Such an abounding, affectionate, friendly, loving feeling did this avocation beget; that at last I was continually squeezing their hands, and looking up into their eyes sentimentally, as much as to say,—Oh! my dear fellow beings, why should we longer cherish any social acerbities, or know the slightest ill humour or envy! Come; let us squeeze hands all round; nay, let us all squeeze ourselves into each other; let us squeeze ourselves universally into the very milk and sperm of kindness.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, the Whale
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15435-squeeze-squeeze-squeeze-all-the-morning-long-i-squeezed-that
Lucky find.
I’ll stick with Aqua Velva, Stetson, and for real special occasions, The Baron. But with so much hoop-la and snowflakes having cows about their allergies to fragrances and perfumes; most of the time I just skip the cologne. That’s one of the joys of having a beard. No more need even for after shave. I won’t give up my Stetson anti-perspirant stick, though. Let the snowflakes scream!
if it smells like fish it’s a dish...
if it smells like cologne leave it alone...
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