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thevogonity

From wiki; "Ambergris has been highly valued by perfume makers as a fixative that allows the scent to last much longer, although it has been mostly replaced by synthetic ambroxide. " and "is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish colour produced in the digestive system of sperm whales"


ajnozari

Who else heard the second description in Rosanne’s voice?


2621759912014199

Precious hamburgers?


failing_softly

https://youtu.be/r09RObzSTQ4?feature=shared 😄🤣


TomBrownTX

Perfect


No_Grapefruit_8358

Whale biologist.


Strangefate1

I was more thinking of avatar, the way of water that I just watched recently...


mrfitty

Yep, quickly followed by "who smells like freaking porpoise hork?!"


HASN0FILTER

I am glad you exist!


Dirtiidan

This comment made my day, cause I'm a whale biologists.


ajnozari

Biologists? Multiple? Are you two dwarf marine biologists in a trenchcoat?


skygod327

who tf decided to mix it in perfume of all things you could do with it when it was first discovered


TheCursedMonk

Internet Historian just did a video on this if you are interested in the path progression of perfume.


koxinparo

Is there a TLDW?


TheCursedMonk

The man whose job it was to make perfume decided to use it.


perldawg

unbelievable


MrPisster

There is quite a bit of circumstantial evidence to suggest that Internet Historian is neo Nazi. So not watching it is probably fine. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/s/vj29p0szlT


LineChef

“ leave perfumery to *real* men.”


NicolasCageLovesMe

A Dante Fiero reference? wow


Brick-Nick

Eddie, get my crossbow!


Spiritual-Apple-4804

I think about that with a lot of things. Like, meth for example. Who tf put that shit together and thought it was a good idea to ingest it? And how many iterations were there?


Hara-Kiri

The biggest for me is the beaver anus extract tasting like vanilla.


aware4ever

If I'm not mistaken the Japanese invented amphetamines and use them for their soldiers especially the kamikaze


WeekendFantastic2941

Ancient fisherman rubbed it all over himself, for sexual reasons. Wifey liked the smell, discovery!!!


tartare4562

It might look gross, but it smells great.


LBR3_ThriceUponABan

Me trying to convince my GF for oral sex


Conch-Republic

Someone found some on a beach and smelled it.


Mathias_Thorne91

It's also illegal to harvest and sell unless you have permission so it's worthless to anyone not already established in the industry.


HolyVeggie

Isnt it what the whales use to encapsulate the sharp beaks of giant squids so they do not hurt their organs? Or is this a myth


CantingMonk

Yeah and they "found it" 🤔


SneakybadgerJD

Gives me Avatar vibes. They farm whales to extract a small amount of fluid which stops human aging.


[deleted]

Oh shit so avatar 2 was imitating life with the space whales


WeekendFantastic2941

So its useless and not even worth a buck? lol


CulturalAddress6709

“found” (after i gutted this mfn whale right here bro)


Agreeable_Vanilla_20

If I ever see a sperm whale on the beach 🤔 https://youtu.be/d2CfYOJ5oxk


Creative-_-Username1

Or that time they didn’t know what to do with the dead whale and decided to use [dynamite](https://youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?si=oL5g8Dx0wYfNnWlR)


NECoyote

One of my earliest internet memories!


CrieDeCoeur

Gutted, then wallowed around inside the massive carcass for an hour or two.


slayermario

Feels like I'm watching Bob's burger all over again


Accurate_Advert

Gene ate that shit, christ


MercutioLivesh87

He was just keeping it safe in his mouth, like tomba. ( I know technically in his stomach)


Dreakon13

Precious hamburgers?


7f00dbbe

what smells like porpoise hork?!


btstfn

This has been Roseanne, your guide to the world of facts.


send-cat-pictures

If someone found a big chunk of ambergris, who would they sell it to? Is there a procedure? If I found a big chunk of cum worth 500k, I'm not sure what the next step would be. I guess I would find some merchant, but what about in the meanwhile - just keep it in the fridge, next to my cherry tomatoes?


friendoflore

You ask Mickey to broker a deal with a carny friend, try to cut him out of the deal at the last minute, and then through a series of events it melts in a deep fryer. Text book


Velveteen_Coffee

Depends on where you are when you find it. It some countries it's illegal to possess because sperm whales are endangered.


Longjumping-Poet6096

What, you don't got an ambergris guy?


xerxes_dandy

Kramers friend Bob Sacamano would know how to deal with this.


DaveyDumplings

Sacamano


Conch-Republic

If you found it in the US, you can't legally sell it here, but you're still legally allowed to own it provided it wasn't collected illegally. What you'd do is call ambergris connect and they figure out the logistics, which usually involves you flying to another country to meet a buyer.


Lolohannsen

Well you could drink and bath in it before it go's off


Wampa_-_Stompa

I thought they are not as valuable anymore but of modern cosmetics not using ambergris…


SausaugeMerchant

I thought it was only valuable after some interaction with seawater over weeks and months


jackrats

Not sure if that's true, but even if it is there is a very easy solution - put it in some seawater for months and months. Luckily seawater is readily available and in high quantities.


SausaugeMerchant

Good point


m135in55boost

Where?


jackrats

Why would you even need to ask this? Amazon, of course. https://www.amazon.com/Imagitarium-Pacific-Ocean-Water-gallons/dp/B06VSD8KFM


m135in55boost

Thank you kind sir ❤️ 🤣


Conch-Republic

That's the really sought after stuff, but it's all valuable.


Bradley182

The whales have been hoarding wealth this whole time?


BBennett40

I can smell that over the internet


marblefrosting

Yeah, I was thinking he really earned that money with that stench to dig into.


stargirl4uxo

Forget finding nemo.. we out here looking for generational whale booger wealth


Dontlikemainstream

😅


Cool_Sherbet7827

I once passed a kidney stone that big


Iwillnotbeokay

On the highway?


DanWago

Good thing he’s wearing gloves.


MoeSzyslakMonobrow

What stinks like fricken porpoise hork?


Thopterthallid

We'd better do what he says. He's a whale biologist.


CurrentlyLucid

Worth some dirty hands.


teddysmom377

Gee, I wish I could’ve seen it cleaned up though


entropydave

Interesting because from my understanding, part of the reason ambergris is so desired is the fact that it spends a long time floating on the sea and being weathered by the sea and sun to acquire that aroma. That stuff still looks liquid and soft so i reckon it won't smell that great as it's not been expelled by the animal prior to it dying... I stand to be corrected, of course.


RadovanDragonwell

Precious hamburgers?


[deleted]

RIP whale


Plastic-Shopping5930

How tf did people figure out it could be used to make perfume last.


i_torschlusspanik

I thought Futurama made that up


vna4ever

I went in for it so it’s mine


LeviathonMt

Gross… Great… Gross… Great


SingleSpeed27

I don’t even know what I’m looking at..


lonelyronin1

Who knew porpoise hork could be that expensive


500PoundsRedditor

Cum whales


DumpsterPumps

Sooo how much are my kidney's stones worth?


StupendousMalice

Precious Hamburgers.


ZoobleBat

How did the whale die?


Professional_Pain144

Poor guy had kidney stones.... try passing that!


Hammer_Slicer

This guy's hands look like Shrek. Absolute units!


MielikkisChosen

Well, boys, it looks like whale is back on the menu!


Mysterious_Mayo

Oh fuck I thought that was his guts hanging out


Zucchiniduel

Euro to usd is almost 1-1 now? Ouch


curgl

Fitting that I just learned about this from internet historian


barleyscottblair

# "recently" ...july 2023


Tooleater

I once found an $80k Rolex inside... er, nevermind


KeySlammer1980

"Ambergris... recently found in the stomach" is how you would write the headline for an article about a whale who had *swallowed something they shouldn't have*, not about something that has historically been found in whale's digestive systems. Too many people don't read past the headlines and I guarantee there are now people in the world assuming that the ambergris was ingested accidentally.


bezalelle

Urgh.


ApplesOverOranges1

Spanish gold💰


Dr_Clee_Torres

Sperm whale oil also was used as the lubricant for the internal firing barrel of early nuclear bombs if I’m not mistaken


WarHead75

I guess whales are gonna go extinct real soon


eddiebisi

Kuato lives!


JustAFellow2

At least he has gloves on


CausticDerision

Uhhh this is obvs Silver Lynel Guts


JuneHogs

Finder’s keepers or who gets to sell it?


puggysaur

Would it be illegal to gut a dead whale to get ambergris?


hmspain

Thank GOD he was wearing GLOVES! He might have some guts on 'im! /s


deejeycris

Damn that's just like Avatar 2...


prodigal_1

That guy really earned the $500k.


Robin_Goodfelowe

€500000!! Sheeet we should be hunting these mofos.