Piece Of Whale Vomit Expected To Bring $11,000 At Auction
- 9 years ago
A man walking a dog on a beach in Whales stumbled across a roughly 2-pound piece of ambergris and it is expected to bring upwards of $11,000 at auction.
Whales eat all sorts of sea creatures, but some of the food sources, such as ones with sharp edges, can harm the large animal’s digestive systems.
As a line of defense, the bile ducts of some whales coat the potentially dangerous objects in a waxy substance called ambergris, or to simply put it, whale vomit, and has an astoundingly high monetary value.
A dogwalker on a beach in Wales, UK stumbled across a roughly 2-pound piece and it is soon going up for
Whales eat all sorts of sea creatures, but some of the food sources, such as ones with sharp edges, can harm the large animal’s digestive systems.
As a line of defense, the bile ducts of some whales coat the potentially dangerous objects in a waxy substance called ambergris, or to simply put it, whale vomit, and has an astoundingly high monetary value.
A dogwalker on a beach in Wales, UK stumbled across a roughly 2-pound piece and it is soon going up for