What's lower than whale vomit? Well, gold for one thing...

[Scuba]

British Boy Stumbles Upon Extremely Valuable Whale Vomit

One whale's trash is an 8-year-old boy's treasure.

Charlie Naysmith was walking along the beach at Hengistbury Head in southern Britain when he picked up a large object that looked and felt like a stone.

As it turned out, that object was actually a piece of ambergris, a substance which is regurgitated by sperm whales. Ambergris is used to prolong the scent of perfume, and therefore is extremely valuable.

The vomit, which weighs a little more than one pound, could be worth as much as $63,000.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. Cool!

[marzipanni]

2. The way this Daily Mail article is written is funny

Moby Sick... gross profit...


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2195259/Moby-Sick-Rare-whale-vomit-schoolboy-beach-worth-40-000.html

[HopeHoops]

3. What about lark's vomit?

[Lucy Goosey]

4. I'm such a perfume nerd I knew from "whale vomit" this was going to be about ambergris

I would be embarassed to tell you how many fragrances I own. Any other perfumistas on DU?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. And not for the first time either:

Whale 'vomit' sparks cash bonanza

Now they tell me! Anyway....

Whale vomit chunk worth thousands

Published: Aug. 30, 2012 at 1:08 PM
CHRISTCHURCH, England, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The family of a British 8-year-old who found a chunk of whale vomit on the beach said the find could be worth more than $60,000.

Charlie Naysmith, of Christchurch, England, said he discovered the chunk of ambergris at Hengistbury Head and took it home. His family researched the object and found out it is worth between $16,000 and $63,000, the Daily Echo of Southampton, England, reported Thursday.

[hifiguy]

6. Amy Wong chimes in

[Orrex]

7. I believe that whale vomit floats

So lots of things are lower than it.