Baby Beluga Nursing
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Uploaded by VancouverAquarium on Jun 20, 2008
It's a latch!
Qila, a beluga, gave birth to her first calf at 4:28 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
This newborn calf latched on and nursed for the first time at 12:06 a.m., June 11, 2008, meeting another of her critical milestones within eight hours of birth.
Beluga calves do not suck. Instead the mother squirts the milk into her calf's mouth. The frilly-edged tongue of a baby beluga helps it to form a seal when nursing.
Every day of this calf's new life contributes to our limited knowledge of beluga birth and calf development, so we're watching Qila and her calf around the clock to monitor bonding and nursing behaviours. The watch will continue for several months and will record all the calf's developmental milestones.
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@alecar15 i heard that she died too tear tear :(
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This morning at 5:45 a.m., Tiqa the youngest Beluga at the Vancouver Aquarium, stopped breathing and died... she will be part of our memories.
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@BjossaLover i went to the aqarium today :) it looked like the baby was starting to get trained to do more tricks :)
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This amazing and beautiful footage! Not only have I never seen a baby Beluga nurse, but I've never seen where the teats were located on the mother either! I'm glad to finally have seen this wonderful act of a mother whale nursing her young. Thank you so much for sharing this incredible video with the rest of the world! It is truely special!
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Beautiful...just beautiful xx
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This baby is just so adorable!! 3 generations right there!! aurora, qila and TIQA!!! U ROCK BABY!!
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where is this place i wanna go!
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Tiqa is such a cute liitle girl
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you're so lucky i wish i could go too. i'm glad you really liked it! aquariums are my favorite places to visit
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cool!i just saw that today at the aquarium!I'M PART OF AQUASCHOOL!and our stride group went there for the 1st day today out of the 5 days there!
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I love how the baby burps a little milk in the last clip.
walnutcrunch 3 years ago 6
Qila is being a wonderful mother just like her mother Aurora. I hope this calf is successful and I can't wait to see this little girl!
BjossaLover 3 years ago 5