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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.