@Verus It results in weird insights.
The conventional wisdom is that the gestation period for sheep is 5 months.
Because of a combination of the USDA, and one ram that saw his opportunity and in under half an hour impregnated no fewer than 17 ewes, I know that in the breed I keep it's 6 months, practically to the day.
... 17. In under half an hour.
Makes a guy feel a little inadequate, you know?