Okay, I am a nerd, and was just reading some stats on the blue whale. You know how you start reading one thing on the internet and then it links you to something else, then something else, and then you have no idea how you ended up there? (Perhaps you are thinking that about this blog!)
But this was just crazy! "Calves are 23 to 27 feet long at birth and weigh 3 tons. (That's like two adult elephants!) Calves nurse for 7 to 8 months and are weined when they reach 52 feet in length. At that time they weigh about 23 tons. During the nursing period, calves consume 100 gallons of the fat-rich mother's milk each day, gain 200 pounds a day, or 8 pounds an hour, and grow 1 and 1/2 inches in length each day."
No more complaints from me! 100 gallons? That sounds exhausting! And Cameron does seem to be growing like crazy, but can you imagine putting on 200 pounds a day? That's like a whole Daddy every 24 hours!
Okay, the nerdiness is starting to subside. Back to work.
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