A man walking a dog on a beach in Whales stumbled across a roughly 2-pound piece of ambergris and it is expected to bring upwards of $11,000 at auction.
Whales eat all sorts of sea creatures, but some of the food sources, such as ones with sharp edges, can harm the large animal’s digestive systems.
As a line of defense, the bile ducts of some whales coat the potentially dangerous objects in a waxy substance called ambergris, or to simply put it, whale vomit, and has an astoundingly high monetary value.
A dogwalker on a beach in Wales, UK stumbled across a roughly 2-pound piece and it is soon going up for