Lives Of Fishermen In Yemen Change Overnight After They Discover Whale Vomit Worth Rs 10 Crore
By now, you must be aware of the fact that whale vomit is quite the expensive treasure. A group of fishermen in Yemen came across a jackpot worth more than Rs 10 crore when they found a carcass of a sperm whale.
By now, you must be aware of the fact that whale vomit is quite the expensive treasure. A group of fishermen in Yemen came across a jackpot worth more than Rs 10 crore when they found a carcass of a sperm whale.
Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world - the rely on fishing as their main source of livelihood.
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They discovered this ambergris (a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish colour produced in the digestive system of sperm whales. Freshly produced ambergris has a marine, fecal odor) when they were ferrying in the waters of Gulf of Aden in southern Yemen.
A fisherman from Seriah first alerted the group of 35 others in Gulf of Aden about the carcass of the whale and told them that it may contain ambergris. When they found the dead mammal, the fishermen noticed a strong smell of marine faecal odour and knew that there was something inside the whale's stomach.
They hooked the dead whale and took it ashore.
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After dissecting it, they discovered 127 kg lump of waxy, black ambergris.
¡°It was an unimaginable price. We are all poor. We never expected this thing would give us such a huge amount," one of the men told BBC.
Ambergris is also referred to as "treasure of sea" or "floating gold". It is the most sought-after material as it is used in perfumes to help it last longer. Ambergriscan usually sell for up to $50,000 per kilogram.
The fishermen sold it at around 1.3bn Yemeni rials which equals to about $1.5 million (Rs 10.96 crore) to a trader from the United Arab of Emirates. They shared the profits equally and donated some of the money to the poor families in their community.
