It's a Baby Girl... Beluga Whale!

Tuomo gushes: Not much fascinating going on in our lives, other than the anticipation of our next guests (exactly a week till Tytti arrives), so a clip on the most recent birth at the Vancouver Aquarium is called for. On Tuesday (yes, that's two days ago I know making this old news) Qila the 12 year old beluga whale gave birth to a bouncing baby girl (vitals: 1.5 metres long, weight 50+ kgs). What makes this birth interesting is that Qila herself was artificially inseminated and so was her now new-born baby girl.



This morning, the baby beluga was shown on tv swimming around in her pool quite vigorously, and was she ever cuuuuute! Not puppy cute, but beluga cute :-) She has no name yet, so if you have any suggestions, stay alert! I myself propose... hmmm... how about Qutey :-)