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The Whale Watch team and the team of naturalists at the M<\/a>arine Mammal Interpretation Centre (CI<\/a>MM<\/a>)<\/a> regularly receive questions about our resident St. Lawrence belugas, and with good reason! Belugas are fascinating and highly complex marine mammals that deserve to be studied. Questions often revolve around reproduction, and over the years, we have had the opportunity to write extensively on the subject!<\/p>\n

This article therefore serves as a compilation of the three most frequently asked questions, all of which have been the subject of columns published between 2014 and this year. This is also a great way to see how research on these marine mammals has evolved. Enjoy the read!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Whale Watch team and the team of naturalists at the Marine Mammal Interpretation Centre (CIMM) regularly receive questions about our resident St. Lawrence belugas, and with good reason! Belugas are fascinating and highly complex marine mammals that deserve to be studied. Questions often revolve around reproduction, and over the years, we have had the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":73395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whale-qa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nYour questions about beluga reproduction! - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Whale Watch team and the team of naturalists at the Marine Mammal Interpretation Centre (CIMM) regularly receive questions about our resident St.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/your-questions-about-beluga-reproduction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Your questions about beluga reproduction! 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