A Fisherman Working For £500-a-month Has Stumbled Across What Is Possibly The World s Biggest Blob Of Ambergris - Worth £2
A fisherman working for £500-a-month has stumbled across what is possibly the world's biggest blob of Ambergris - worth £2.4 million.
Ambergris - or whale vomit - is considered a sea treasure and floating gold because of an odourless [/news/alcohol/index.html alcohol] that is extracted to make a perfume's scent last longer.
Naris Suwannasang, 60, saw several pale rock-like pale lumps washed up on a beach when he was walking by the sea in Nakhon Si Thammarat, southern [/news/thailand/index.html Thailand].
He called his cousins to help him take the items home, where they started examining the unusual discovery.
To their astonishment, tour thái lan the large rocks appeared to resemble ambergris, a rare secretion from whales which is used as an expensive ingredient in perfume production - such as Chanel No5 - to make its scent last for tour đi thái lan longer.
The family tested the surface by burning it with a lighter, causing it to melt instantly while giving off a musky smell, giving them further confirmation of their find.
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox news floatRHS" data-version="2" id="mol-2e141bb0-331d-11eb-94b9-ed9a4e283b5f" website fisherman finds 'the world's biggest' blob of whale vomit