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>> pooped out technically isn’t the ambergris “vomited up”?

• epapsiou 8y ago
  Nope. It is pooped out.
  • cobbzilla 8y ago
    Thanks. Wikipedia [1] says you’re right, and also offers me a small condolence that my misconception is fairly common: “Ambergris is usually passed in the fecal matter. It is speculated that an ambergris mass too large to be passed through the intestines is expelled via the mouth, leading to the reputation of ambergris as primarily coming from whale vomit.” [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris#Formation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris#Formation
• sandworm101 8y ago
  It is used in perfume, reason enough for marketers to avoid any "whale poop" descriptions.