Police arrested three people who possessed ambergris, otherwise known as "whale vomit." A rare substance produced only by a small percentage of sperm whales, ambergris forms in a whale's digestive ...

The Pune Forest Department in India recently busted a group of individuals smuggling a scarce, highly sought-after substance. While one may assume gold, diamonds, or some other widely appreciated ...

Ambergris, that versatile sperm whale excretion that Herman Melville wrote so prodigiously about when the ocean was just a Dave & Buster’s for murdering sperm whales, can be a pretty valuable ...

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Listen. This article is informational, not promotional. Ambergris is a rare product of a sperm whale's digestive tract -- so, while it is passed in the same manner as feces, it's not technically the ...

AI-led biotech advances indicate that we may no longer need to treat animals as a ‘resource’ to be ‘mined’ for rare and ...

A small percentage of sperm whales produce ambergris, a clump of squid beaks and fatty secretions that likely exits through the whales' bowels. It's coveted by perfumers for its unique scent. Quality ...

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