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[–] notabot@lemm.ee 60 points 4 months ago

Well yes, humpback whales reach sexual maturity by around 10 years of age (some much before then it seems). A marine biologist is still practically in it's larval form at that point.

(Yes, yes, I know that wasn't what you meant, but I couldn't help myself)