Beluga whale born, video

From the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, USA:

At 2:25 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20, one of Shedd Aquarium’s beluga whales, Naya, successfully gave birth to a male calf, with physical assistance from Shedd’s animal health and animal care experts. It is the first time a beluga whale calf has been successfully birthed with human assistance at Shedd, and only the fourth known in the zoo and aquarium community.

See also here.

Amazing underwater photos show beluga whales meeting divers at Arctic rehabilitation farm: here.

Cook Inlet‘s Belugas’ disappearance; a controversial mystery: here.

Good news for beluga whales: here.

How a naked female scientist tries to tame belugas in the freezing Arctic: here.

Time for a sanity break. You cannot resist the power of a beluga whale dancing to a mariachi band: here.

Ancestral Whales May Have Given Birth on Land: here.

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