I can assure you this is true,
The Whale, when born (I mean the Blue)
Weighs eight tons! Yes, it makes you think
And so rich is the milk they drink,
They put on — every mother’s
son —
Each day a quarter of a ton.
(Geoffrey Dearmer)
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