(greenbelt) whale vomit

my favorite bit from this morning's express:

"Discoveries

Worth Your Weight in Whale Vomit

A streaky Bay, Australia, couple that picked up a strange, fatty lump on a beach are now $295,000 richer, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. When first finding the 33-pound lump, Leon Wright and his wife left it where it was. But, two weeks later, they saw it was sill there and took it home. Turns out, the object was ambergris, a rare digestive substance vomited up by sperm whales and used in perfumes. Ambergris develops a waxy feel and sweet smell after floating in the ocean for about 10 years."