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Seamas O Dalaigh
 Post subject: Whale vomit on beach
PostPosted: 31 Jan 2013 15:11 
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A British man has been offered 50,000 euros ($AU65,000) for a strange-smelling rock-like object his dog found on a beach, which is likely a rare form of whale vomit used in perfumes


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-31/b ... os/4494674

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 Post subject: Re: Whale vomit on beach
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From now on I will be looking for this stuff on the beach :)

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PostPosted: 31 Jan 2013 17:45 
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Seamas O Dalaigh wrote:
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A British man has been offered 50,000 euros ($AU65,000) for a strange-smelling rock-like object his dog found on a beach, which is likely a rare form of whale vomit used in perfumes


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-31/b ... os/4494674

As soon as I saw the sentence about it being used in the making of perfume, I said "ambergris"

I'm not terribly smart but I am a voracious reader and some of that stuff rubs off!

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