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As a volunteer of the Vancouver Aquarium, I have had the privilege of going to the underwater gallery of the beluga pool bright and early in the morning and getting up close and snapping some shots of Qila and her calf!

I can’t even count how many times I’ve been to the Aquarium in the last 3 months — too many to count! Not really, but I have gone around and taken plenty of photos, which I’ll post up here. You can also see them on my Flickr photostream.

For those that don’t know, Qila gave birth to a baby girl on June 10, 2008, @ 4:28pm. She was in labor for approximately 3 hours. Her calf was fighting an infection near her tail about a couple of weekw ago, but has since fully recovered and gotten nice and plump! She’s filling out her fetal folds (like wrinkles) and is discovering more of her wonderful skills!

Now, my pictures aren’t all nice and pro, but I tried my best.