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A 'large stinking lump' found on an Australian beach could be worth more than $59,000 as people speculate online about what it is.
Locals picked up the grey looking mass on Pirates Bay Beach in Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, one commenting that it 'smells frightful' and 'seems to have a leathery outer coat'.
Some people speculated that it could be a rotting sea sponge while others have guessed it could be ambergris.
Locals picked up the grey looking mass on Pirates Bay Beach in Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, saying it 'smells frightful' and 'seems to have a leathery outer coat'
Ambergris is a solid, waxy material which is formed in the intestine of sperm whales, and excreted to float on the ocean's surface when they die.
It eventually loses it's unpleasant odour
