Pregnant Beluga B-Roll

[damn1981991]

wow theyre so calm, i wonder what they put in the water?

[Coolgirl4462]

i went to the Vancouver Aquarium today and its awesome!!! i saw Qila today and she was so cool and amazing!

[EmberPrincess]

omg ultrasounds are so COOL :) you can see the

[xILOVESTRAWBERRIESx]

omg!..this video is so awesome!!

i love belugas!!^o^

[KarlyyMiracle]

Is the aquarium open in the middle of february? Or was there just nobody there? It looked freezing!

[kps1967]

I love this video - I felt calm just watching how relaxed she was while being examined.

Are Belugas calm by nature or was that a learned behaviour?

[VancouverAquarium]

Compared to the more familiar dolphins, belugas (because of their body shape) seem less active and more calm when they swim. But they do startle and swim in short bursts of speed, and do show aggression depending on the situation they're in.

[VancouverAquarium]

The marine mammal staff at the Aquarium work closely with the animals for a long period of time helping them to get comfortable with any monitoring equipments including ultrasound machines. So by the time we use the machine to monitor Qila's fetus, she's used to the ultrasound machine and knows to stay still for the procedure.

[enime11]

Qila Had a baby girl today!

its cute and grey,

[doubledilute]

I just heard Qila had her baby! My son and I where there in July and loved our time with her and the baby`s dam Imaq. Thanks for the photos of us and yes, Olie is still wanting to be a marine biologist! The staff there is wonderful. I have some of the photos 2 x 3 feet hanging in Olie`s room so he wakes seeing his Baluga`s. His desire to help is so strong he is now an A+ student in math and science. As livestock producers we clearly the animals well loved & cared for.Love & Kisses to all!

[doubledilute]

I`m so excited. The cattle must of stamped hearing Olie`s wahoo! I ment to say above Qila and the bay`s DAD not dam! ( his dam is Qila). As I asked last summer if she`s prego and got a funny lok, it`s nice to tell Olie he got to "pat" the bay in the mommy`s tummy like he does his cows and horses! I wont be able to sleep tonight and I know what they will be hearing tomorrow at school. Oh heck. here`s more hugs to you all! PS. Olie is giving his allowance to adopt some of the whales& help reseach.

[anthonyvohra]

I just heard on the radio that Qila was giving birth. Am soo excited and can't wait to see the video. Am sure mum and baby are doing just fine.

[VancouverAquarium]

The video is up! I can't put links in the comment box, but go to our main YouTube channel to watch it. Thanks!

[u178146]

Wow... What a grand thing to hear.New life... A gift to the world.

[kirkygirl]

Actually, I think that it is important to have zoos and aquariums because of education and conservation. Imagine if there were no such places, everyone would be flocking out to see the animals in the wild, disturbing them and possibly wrecking habitat.

[XxDargosxX]

I went there, had a great time.

[Shamudream]

aww so cute love it wats this song

[orgaized4battle]

she just had one like 4 years ago no? Doesn't it upset the baby to have the ultrasound done? every image of the baby it seems to be very active!

[soobybabe]

It is true that the baby beluga can hear ultrasound, but it will be a very low base sound to it because it is much lower frequency than that of whale songs. It doesn't disturb the baby, the marine biologists do this for living, if there was any problems like disturbing the baby they wouldn't do it.

[VancouverAquarium]

Thanks for the comment, modern diagnostic ultrasounds are well beyond the hearing range of whales and dolphins.

[ChrissyRK]

Snow Leopard Queen. Clearly you have never been to the Vancouver Aquarium. These Beluga Whales are slowly becoming more rare because their arctic habitats are disappearing due to our selfishness (global warming). The people at Vancouver Aquarium do a lot to help the whales out, and their work is to conserve the animals, which does involve keeping them at the aquarium. Ideally they would be born in the wild, but this is the next best thing.

[flautabout]

he obviously means open, fresh, wonderful water as opposed to fresh water and salt water.

[ktm160sx]

fresh water come one are you really that special the live in the ocean salt water

[BjossaLover]

I was part of the AquaSchool for Lynn Valley last year and saw Qila. Qila is an amazing and beautiful beluga. She made me love marine mammals :)

I'm looking forward to Qila's baby. This is her 2nd calf right?

[Emmansfield]

My cousin is in that video.... HI JULIE!!!!! WE MISS YOU

Love Em

[aphinity]

Wow.. that's an incredibly clear ultrasound. It's very cool seeing the teeth and eye like that. Normally you see a pectoral or something. I'd be interested to see if you saw the peduncle with visible appendages, since I believe these disappear after a certain stage of development. GOOD LUCK QUILA! I'll be watching :)

[chrisk79]

Nice video...Thanks to the Aquarium for posting these, you've always done a great job providing the city with a great resource for marine life awareness. Can't wait for this summer!

[kaorca]

Aww, I hope everything goes fine for both the mommy and the baby. I got to see a 10 days old calf at marineland this summer, cutest thing ever!

[MiBzAn]

I'm so excited! Please try and tape the birth and post it on here - I would love to see that - congrats on the pregnancy! :D

[bourgonesnail]

Belugas are so cute!

It is sad what happens to them in the wild, the motor boat motors hit them in the back!

I love you all, belugas!!!

[PalluxoMediaOfficial]

So she had sexy time...Ow.. how cute! Congratulations! Hope you get twins!

[jam5796]

thats awesome!!

They are so cute like my hamster

[pkboy18]

same here!!

[lifexnine]

i got splashed tby her i went there during the summer

[pkboy18]

same here

[blackkitten18]

awe thats awesome i was at the aqurium only 4 weeks ago and seen them all. there all so friendly and beutiful it's so cool that they will be having another one to join the group soon!

[anischreiber]

I was there when Qila was born! This is so exciting that she is having a baby now.

[samspotz8r8s]

if ur lucky u will be there when her babys borne 2!!!

[tinyctlo]

She is so friendly and patient to let the humans examin her. She doesn't seem to mind!!!

[66shihtzulover66]

aww they're all so cute!