Bébé-Luga

Beluga

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Adopted by Québec-Est, Radio-Canada Bas-Saint-Laurent

  • ID number

    DL0072

  • Sex

    Male

  • Year of birth

    Before 1974

  • Known Since

    1986

Distinctive traits

Bébé-Luga is best identified by the small depression on the back of his right flank, but the four notches in his dorsal ridge also make it possible to identify him from the left flank.

Life history

The first time Bébé-Luga was photographed, in 1986, he was already immaculately white. He was therefore born before 1974.

His associations and the areas he frequents clearly indicate that Bébé-Luga is a male. He is a member of one of the two networks of males that frequent the Saguenay fjord and its mouth.

There are two networks of males that frequent the head of the Laurentian Channel and the Saguenay Fjord. Another network of males, the Downstream boys, also use the head of the channel and the downstream portion of the estuary. Although their territories overlap, individuals from one network have very little contact with males from other networks. Within these networks, there are bands, i.e. small groups of males regularly seen together.

Observations history in the Estuary

1986
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Years in which the animal was not observed Years in which the animal was observed

Latest news

Baby Luga was last seen in 1999. What happened to him? Did he die? Has he remained invisible to the eye of the researcher all this time? Impossible to know at the moment. One thing is certain: his story remains a valuable source of information for our knowledge of this fragile population.

Sponsor

Québec-Est, Radio-Canada Bas-Saint-Laurent adopted Bébé-Luga (1989)