Fact: Female sperm whales (no, kids, they ain't called egg whales) mature sexually at eight to eleven years old, and males at ten, though the boys don't get any action until 25-27 years old because they don't got a high enough social status in a breeding school til then. That kind of waiting period maybe explains why the blubbery bastard is so ornery.

[This is in response to dear Janet who complained that one whale fact did not make my blog (blubberybastard.tripod.com) educational enough for her kids and asked for another. I wish I could be there when she tells them it.]