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Old 01-29-2006, 12:43 PM   #8
Cyclefrance
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Whale oil be f****d

Can't get away from the big guys - today's Sunday Times:

Nothing for ages, and then two whale stories come at once. After the moving plight of the London whale, a couple stand to make £165,000 after finding a piece of whale vomit washed up on a beach in Australia. Fisherman Leon Wright and his wife, Loralee, found a 32lb piece of ambergris, which is vomited by sperm whales to rid their stomachs of solid objects. Ambergris - nicknamed Moby Sick - has a solid fatty/oily feel and will fetch around £13 per gram from perfume manufacturers.
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