Baby Beluga Whale Born At SeaWorld In San Antonio

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SeaWorld San Antonio welcomed its newest resident over the weekend.

The beluga whale Luna gave birth to a calf on Sunday, July 25.

A park spokesperson estimates that the calf weighs around 140 pounds and is about 6-feet long, but park officials haven't had the chance to way to the newborn yet, the San Antonio Express News reported. Full grown belugas are nearly twice the size of the newborns and are around 13- to 20-feet long.

Right now, the baby is grey and looks quite different from its mother. The whales don't turn white until they're about five years old, according to National Geographic.

Animal lovers got their first look at the baby beluga back in January, when SeaWorld shared a video of Luna's sonogram. The video is only 10 seconds long, but you can clearly see the baby whale.

Right now, the baby is nameless, but SeaWorld San Antonio said it will take name suggestions from park ambassadors and fans online.

A park spokesperson told the paper that the beluga isn't SeaWorld's only summer birth. A seal and a few sea lions were born at the park earlier this summer.


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