This is part of a larger issue. Police foil smugglers in possession of valuable 'whale vomit' — here's what you need to know ...

It’s what’s inside that counts. A lump of vomit that may be worth over $250,000 was found inside a beached sperm whale after it appeared on Nogales Beach in La Palma, Canary Islands, last month.

Due to the scarcity of the whale vomit, a gram is worth around $27 — and a pound could be worth over $10,000. While ambergris can be extremely hard to find, some people have struck floating gold. 4.

Ambergris, found in around one in 100 sperm whales, ... A scientist in the Canary Islands discovered a 21-pound lump of whale vomit worth around $544,000 in the intestines of a beached sperm whale.

Ambergris, often called whale vomit, is one of nature’s most bizarre occurrences. Produced by sperm whales, this waxy substance has been prized for centuries. If you’re fortunate enough to ...

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The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and stretches to 98 feet in length. The underwater call of the sperm whale, the earth’s loudest, registers at 230 decibels.

All told, about 3.5 percent of the blue whale genome comes from fin whales. “This is fantastic,” Dr. Janke said. He had previously looked for blue whale DNA in fin whale genomes and not found it.