103K views · 700 reactions | A lump of whale excrement can be worth thousands of dollars. It's called ambergris, and it's nature's gold. | Australian Museum | Facebook

9.3K views · 129 reactions | Is it whale vomit, or whale poop?! As the helpful diagram in the video below shows, Ambergris comes out the back end of sperm whales, so it's definitely more poop than puke. And us humans use it as an ingredient in perfume. Because that's not weird at all. It's Macabre Monday again, Forest & Bird's series on what nature gets up to when no one's looking. Here's a cool video from Te Papa, featuring Anton the Whale Guy and a lump of ... poo. | Forest & Bird | Facebook