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Why whale vomit is too expensive ? - AMBERGRIS The Floating Gold

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The Whale vomit !!!! . Why it is too expensive ? I'll tell you.  Whale vomit  is  also called as " ambergris " " treasure of the sea " and " floating gold   ". Ambergris is a waxy and solid substance formed due to the secretion of bile duct in the intestine of sperm whale . It floats in water. When exposed to the sunlight, air and sea water it hardens, fades to a light grey and yellow in colour. Eventually develops fragrance. And now it has been highly valued by perfume makers as a fixative . These whales are not normally harmed during the collection of ambergris, The sale of this product is also illegal because it is produced from an endangered species .

NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS - SEA SPARKLE

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Noctiluca scintillans is a marine dinoflagellate that is responsible for bioluminescence in coastal regions of the world. They are bouyant and balloon shaped single cell. It has an oral pouch, a short flagellum and tentacle. The scintillating effect of Noctiluca’s bioluminescence, which is most conspicuous at night during a bloom  this phenomenon is called “burning of the sea” or “sea sparkle” . Noctiluca reproduce through binary fission (separation of the cell into two bodies) or multiple fission (separation of the cell into more than two bodies). The latter, which involves the cell-division processes of meiosis and mitosis , results in the production of numerous motile swarmers that bud off from the parent cell.