Millionaire fishing in the waters of Yemen. The dead whale contained a treasure
Luck unexpectedly knocked on the door of 35 fishermen from southern Yemen. The story that really happened in the Asian country is incredible. As they sailed in the waters of the Gulf of Aden, – reads the Messenger – one of them received a phone call from a colleague: “Come here, there is the floating carcass of a sperm whale”. The crew of the small fishing boat did not let themselves be begged, and set course on the indicated point. As they approached the gigantic cetacean, they were attacked by the terrible stench that came from the animal. “That stench made us suspect he had something special inside.” Once the animal was dissected, it became clear to the incredulous eyes of the lucky fishermen that this sperm whale was, in reality, a floating gold mine.
In fact – continues the Messenger – the belly of the gigantic cetacean (the males can be up to 18 meters long and weigh up to 52 tons) revealed the treasure it had inside: a huge accumulation of ambergris, renamed by the sailors floating gold or treasure of the sea. Ambergris used since ancient times as a medicine, incense and even as an aphrodisiac, currently sells on the market for around $ 50,000 per kilo. And the quantity found by the very lucky Yemeni fishermen has brought them about 1.5 million dollars.