“A barman believes a yellow lump he found on the beach in Thailand is rare whale vomit, worth a staggering $500,000.

Boonyos Tala-upara, 44, picked up the 22lbs blob while walking along a beach on the island of Koh Samui in southern Thailand in June last year.

He kept it in his back garden and forgot about it.

But last month a visiting friend told the bar owner that it could be ambergis or whale vomit, a substance highly sought after by perfume makers.
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In April 2016, a 1.57 kilo ambergris ball found in Lancashire sold for £50,000 while in November of the same year, three Omani fishermen found 80 kilos of ambergris and sold it for $3 million.”

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Could well be!

I'll take a WAG that with curtailed commercial whale hunting, these puke balls have become even more rare.

Dang. I'ma get me some SCUBA gear and a Super Soaker full of syrup of ipecac.

Honest truth, wife got me a cologne sample of the Ambergis and it smelled pretty good. It's one I would buy again if I had too.

World-wide fake ambergris "finds" are ratcheting back up.

As far as treasure-seeking, I'd rather scour Antartica for errant chunks of Mars and the moon, sitting for millennium, awaiting my discovery.

It's in high demand for the manufacture of high end perfumes.

Wonder how much I could get for a Beluga loogie?

Ambergris isn't actually vomit, it's more like a whale turd.

I quote “Eww poke it with a stick”

Gigi: The sales of our perfumes are falling – we have to find something to make them more interesting.

Raymond: Well, we’ve tried many floral and spice scents, but none have helped. I can’t think of anything else.

Gigi: I have an idea – let’s try whale vomit.

Raymond: Of course! Why didn’t I think of that?!