Tiqa the baby beluga plays with an American Dipper

A delightful and very touching friendship between a baby Beluga whale and a small bird - an American Dipper - filmed in the Vancouver Aquarium. The baby Beluga calf (I’m told it’s Tiqa) spends over four minutes playfully approaching a small bird feeding at the waters edge. It squirts water at the busily feeding bird, opens its jaws, clicks and vocalizes, and gives every evidence of enjoying the encounter. The bird, for its part, seems quite unconcerned, giving no evidence of fear or discomfort, and I guess