Ambergris

[Donovan.]

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/12/18/nyregion/18whale.600.jpg

So.... you know its like old weathered whale poo right?
One of those big blockage ones you can only get from too many squid beaks and stuff all compacting.
lol

[Sparrow]

Is that Ambergris? I thought it was like the stomach lining they use to make perfume?

[Donovan.]

Ya can't get it from a fresh cut up whale.
Its a blockage that gets stuck in the poo tubes and builds up until BOOOM out it comes to float around in the ocean and lose its 'nasty'ness... and then ya it washes up on a beach, is picked up and someone sells it to a perfume maker and makes a bit of drinking money.

Quite an interesting substance as far as poo goes, I know after handling a chunk I could still smell it on my hands 3 days later. Yes I washed my hands too. It just holds the smell so well, thats why its good in perfume.... makes the smell 'stick' to you so you only need to use a little bit.

[dive_junkie]

pretty cool characteristic for poo...

[Sparrow]

Aparently the whalers liked it cos they could sell it for huge profits!!