You read that right, whale vomit can indeed make you rich. More specifically it is intestinal slurry and only from Sperm Whales.
It is known as Ambergris it is one of the most valuable raw and rare products on Earth, it gets used in many high-end perfumes and fragrances as it makes the scent last longer on the skin.
Recently some fishermen from Oman struck "floating gold" after finding 60 kilos (nine and a half stone) of the stuff - it was worth an estimated life-changing £2,000,000.
I can almost hear you thinking that a fisherman would be in his boat bobbing about in the sea which is where you are most likely to find any, so what chance do I have of finding any....?
Well in 2016 a couple from Morecambe in the UK were taking a walk on a beach and notice a funny smell, they realised it was coming from a 'rock' but it felt waxy like a candle and gave a smell like rotting fish.
As they had read a story in the Local Paper about Ambergris they hoped they might be on to something. It turned out they were and they were £50,000 richer for the 3lb find.
The story they had read about was about another Morecambe resident who found fame in 2013 when he discovered a lump of the smelly rock on a beach.
He was offered £50,000 for the find but was advised it could be worth double that so sent a sample for more testing and proper valuation, it was then discovered that his find was in fact a worthless lump of fat.
