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Ice cream flavors: From whale poo to vanilla

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Ambergris, a Perfume That's Not Just From Sperm Whales

Sperm whale loves to eat squid, but squints have hard beak mouths. So those beaks get all bunched up in the whale's gut and then something truly d luck happens. It's kind of a medley of digested and un jested. One may need to lie down. ambergris isn't as much of a dessert ingredient now, but it's in lots of perfumes these days. They're synthetic ambergris too. And worry. I use the lab version to flavor our ice cream. Nice.

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