A whale that died after being stranded in the Canary Islands had half a million euros “treasure” in its gut.
The discovery was made during autopsy to determine the causes of death of the animal found lifeless – a large sperm whale on the coast of Nogales, on La Palmain June.
The exam conducted by Antonio Fernández RodriguezDirector of the Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Las Palmas, has made a find in the whale’s intestines possible a block of ambergris weighing almost 10 kg. And worth 500,000 euros.
Ambergris is actually produced in the intestines of whales, which is how they metabolize the large amount of squid and squid that they ingest. In most cases, the amber blocks are ejected by sperm whales (the ambergris is actually found in the open sea). In this case, however, the block remained in the animal’s intestines, giving it a chance Digestive problems led to death.
Now the valuable “material” (which has been banned in many countries to prevent whaling) will be put up for sale and the funds raised will be used for reconstruction projects in the Canary Islands, which were devastated by the recent eruption of the La Palma volcano.
(Uniononline/lf)
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