I know an elephant who likes her tongue scratched. She could just stand with her mouth open for hours! It’s a bit disconcerting to have your arm halfway up an elephant’s mouth, but very cool.

“We’re not gonna try to name this one, are we?”

I actually send CO the link for the contest to name her back when it started…oh well.

Anyway, her name is Tiqa.

“Tiqa is an acronym, picked from the words Tuesday, the day of the week the calf was born; Imaq, her father; Qila, her mother; and Aurora, her grandmother.”

Here’s my pic of her…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46871163@N00/2708684395/

I absolutely LOVE beluga whales. Awww. This made my day just a bit brighter.

Awww. Cuuute. Y’know, I half expected that to be horrible and gory. That’s just hte kind of day I’m having. Lol.

I saw this blubbery baby girl this summer. soooo cute.

So, as a volunteer with the Vancouver Aquarium, I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t note that Baby Beluga’s new name is going to be announced tomorrow morning!

http://www.vanaqua.org/namethebaby/

Just so we’re 100% clear, beluga caviar comes from the beluga sturgeon, not the beluga whale. Not sayin’ anyone didn’t know that. Just makin’ sure it’s clear.

i did not know that, but it just finally clicked – how do you get caviar out of a whale? i googled it, and i learned something today. thanks, cute overload!

cors that bebe want’s his tongue rubbed… he be lookin for mama milk!

*thbptth*

What a cute little blorp of joy!
Such a cute Splashy McBlorpersons vonCutenstuff!

Blorp!