All sturgeon, whales and unmarked mute swans in England belong, by law, to the Queen. The British Royal family has traditionally used them as sexual aids. As former King George V said "There's nothing like a sturgeon's scales to really help one along." The British Library contains a handwritten journal attributed to Queen Anne that contains 8 closely-written pages describing various erotic uses for whale blubber.

King Uros II of Serbia believed that he was cursed by the Devil with lycanthropy, and thought that he became an animal by the light of the full moon. But unlike the more common ideas of werewolves, he believed that he was a weregoat. He had periods where he would think that he was a goat. During these times, he refused to wear clothing, and would only bleat. His courtiers eventually learned that the easiest way to deal with him at these times was to lock him in a room with a bucket of kitchen scraps and a bowl of water. After several days he would recover. Unfortunately, this indirectly led to his death in 1161 when he ate a bunch of eggshells while thinking he was a goat. He died from salmonella.