Scientists on the Canary Island of Palma had a shock when they discovered £425,000 worth of 'floating gold' in a washed up sperm whale's digestive system.The 21lbs lump of ambergris found in the beast's intestines is now on the market, with the discoverer Antonio Fernández Rodríguez hoping to put any receipts towards helping victims of the volcano that erupted on the island two years ago. The 42ft whale died of caused by the lump, the scientists' postmortem revealed, before washing up on Nogales beach last month.
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