An 8-year old boy could soon have an overflowing piggy bank after discovering a rare piece of whale poop worth £40,000 ($63,462) at his local beach.

Boy Finds Ambergris, Valuable Fragrant Rock from Whale Poop, on Beach:

“A 200-year-old fragrance originally made for Marie Antoinette was reproduced in limited quantities a few years back, for a staggering $11,000 a bottle. The main ingredient was ambergris, a rare rocklike substance that exudes a special scent all its own. The best ambergris goes for $10,000 per pound, and one lucky 8-year-old in England has very likely stumbled upon a large piece on his local beach.

According to scientists, when sperm whales dine on squid, they protect themselves by secreting a fatty substance in their intestines to surround the squid’s beaks. Eventually whales excrete these large lumps of ambergris, up to hundreds of pounds at a time.”

A true whale of a find.

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