{"id":12825,"date":"2025-08-18T10:51:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12825"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:38:56","slug":"what-is-ambergris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-ambergris\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambergris"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ambergris Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ahmedabad Rural Special Operations Group (SOG) recently seized 2.97 kg of ambergris, commonly known as sperm whale vomit, worth nearly \u20b92.97 crore in the international market and arrested two people.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About Ambergris<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ambergris, also known as <\/span><b>\u2018whale vomit\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>solid, waxy substance produced<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>digestive system of sperm whales <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Physeter macrocephalus).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>extremely valuable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has been called the <\/span><b>\u2018treasure of the sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 and \u2018<\/span><b>floating gold\u2019.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is highly <\/span><b>valued in the perfume industry <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as a fragrance enhancer.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also <\/span><b>used in traditional medicines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and sometimes even as a <\/span><b>spice in eastern cultures.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a <\/span><b>ban on the possession and trade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of ambergris <\/span><b>in countries like the USA, Australia, and India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In India,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the sale and trade of ambergris are strictly <\/span><b>prohibited under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ambergris <\/b><b>Formation<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is formed in the<\/span><b> intestine of the whale to cover the indigestible objects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the animals <\/span><b>on which it feeds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>mostly the beaks of squid)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Once released,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it <\/span><b>initially floats <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the ocean&#8217;s surface and is <\/span><b>black and sticky.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exposure to sun, air, and salt water oxidizes it, and <\/span><b>eventually it becomes grey and waxy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, often still embedded with small squid beaks. and l<\/span><b>osing its unpleasant odour.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ambergris is found in lumps of various shapes and sizes, ranging from 15 grams up to 420 kilograms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/gujarat\/ahmedabad-rural-police-seize-ambergris-worth-297-crore-two-arrested\/article69943582.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambergris is a waxy substance often called whale vomit which is produced by sperm whales. 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