Spread the loveA popular 12-year-old beluga whale, Kimalu, living among eight other whales at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, ...

Beluga whale Kimalu wakes from anesthesia after a first-of-its-kind surgery to remove cysts at Shedd Aquarium.

CHICAGO ( WGN) – Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium performed a historic surgery on a 12-year-old beluga whale named Kimalu.

Kimalu a beluga whale at the Shedd Aquarium, is now the first to recover from general anesthesia following surgery. Experts, removing several cysts on her head and neck, near her blowhole. Dr. Karisa ...

The animal health and care teams at the aquarium noticed she was dealing with bumps that turned out to be cysts.

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