内容摘要：In the rush to evacuate, she quickly gathered her pets and a few sentimental items, including her late mother

In the rush to evacuate, she quickly gathered her pets and a few sentimental items, including her late mother

Baby boy beluga — his current moniker — is slowly being introduced to the rest of Shedd’s pod of eight whales. Aquarium members are voting on options for the calf’s name.In the wild, belugas live in remote arctic and sub-arctic waters where it is hard to gather research. Much of what humans know about belugas, especially births, comes from aquariums, Jacobsma said.

The largest beluga whales at the aquarium have grown as long as 14 feet (4.26 meters) and weigh over 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms), and it is not uncommon for them to live into their 30s under human care, according to Kayley Galassini, a Shedd spokesperson. Some of the belugas born at Shedd are moved to other accredited aquariums once they have reached maturity, she said.Shedd’s animals are trained to voluntarily participate in their own healthcare, so staff are able to monitor pregnancies through ultrasounds and other care.What surprises Jacobsma about this young whale and the rest of the Shedd’s pod?

“I don’t know who the first person was to put their hand in a beluga’s mouth to figure it out, but it’s very sensitive in their mouth, probably from the prey that they eat at the bottom of the ocean,” Jacobsma said. “It’s almost like petting a dog or a cat, and you’ll see them come up and want to interact with us and open up their mouth wide for those tongue tickles.”OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A steady line of slow-moving thunderstorms that battered Oklahoma in recent weeks set multiple rainfall records across the state and helped ease drought conditions.

But the saturated ground and torrential rains also came with a heavy price, including the

in rising floodwaters.There are other surveys that look at youth smoking and drug use, including the University of Michigan’s federally funded “Monitoring the Future”

But the federal studies looked at both adults and adolescents, and provided insights into drug use by high school dropouts. The CDC also delved into specific vaping and tobacco products in the ways that other surveys don’t, and was a driver in the federal push to better regulate electronic cigarettes.“There was overlap among the surveys, but each one had its own specific focus that the other ones didn’t cover,“ said Richard Miech, who leads the Michigan study.

Work to modernize data collection has been derailed. That includes an upgrade to a 22-year-old system that helps local public health departments track diseases and allows CDC to put together a national picture.Another casualty was the