Kimalu (KEE-ma-loo), a 12-year-old pistillate beluga whale, is resting comfortably pursuing a historical process astatine Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. On Tuesday, July 1, Kimalu, who was calved astatine Shedd, underwent a first-of-its-kind country to region a increasing web of cysts adjacent her blowhole connected her caput and neck. In the process, Kimalu became the archetypal known beluga successful the satellite to retrieve from wide anesthesia. The country was supported by astir 30 experts from Shedd and crossed the state successful the fields of zoological medicine, country and anesthesia.