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2 months ago | thederrick.com | Erin Hooley |Erin -

A beluga whale calf, born in July 2024 to 35-year-old resident beluga Naya, swims in his enclosure at Shedd Aquarium, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Chicago. Director of Animal Behavior and Training Charlie Jacobsma interacts with a beluga whale calf, born in July 2024 to 35-year-old resident beluga Naya, in his enclosure at Shedd Aquarium, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Chicago.

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2 months ago | news-gazette.com | Erin Hooley |Erin -

CHICAGO (AP) — Charlie Jacobsma slapped the surface of a pool enclosure at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and scanned the water for movement. Moments later, the head of a beluga calf emerged, mouth agape in what looked like a smile. Jacobsma's face lit up in response as he cooed to the calf like a human parent to a toddler. Shedd’s animal care team described its newest resident, born to 35-year-old resident beluga Naya in July 2024, as just that.

2 months ago | gazettextra.com | Erin Hooley |Erin -

CHICAGO (AP) — Charlie Jacobsma slapped the surface of a pool enclosure at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and scanned the water for movement. Moments later, the head of a beluga calf emerged, mouth agape in what looked like a smile. Jacobsma's face lit up in response as he cooed to the calf like a human parent to a toddler. kAm$9655’D 2?:>2= 42C6 E62> 56D4C:365 :ED ?6H6DE C6D:56?E[ 3@C? E@ bd\J62C\@=5 C6D:56?E 36=F82 }2J2 :?

2 months ago | hometownstations.com | Erin Hooley |Erin -

CHICAGO (AP) — A beluga calf born in July is growing and meeting the other members of Shedd Aquarium's pod in Chicago. Caregivers say developmentally the unnamed calf is the equivalent of a human toddler. They say he is learning to make noises but that his teeth have yet to appear. In the wild, belugas live in remote arctic and sub-arctic waters where it is hard to gather research.