The baby beluga whale at the Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
The baby beluga whale nurses with mom Mauyak at the Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Ken Ramirez, executive vice president of animal care and training at the Shedd Aquarium, talks about the baby beluga whale on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
The baby beluga whale swims with Nya at the Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Ken Ramirez, executive vice president of animal care and training at the Shedd Aquarium, talks about the baby beluga whale on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
The baby beluga whale swims at the Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
The baby beluga whale nurses with mom Mauyak at the Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
The baby beluga whale swims with mom Mauyak at the Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
The baby beluga whale swims with Nya at the Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
The baby beluga whale swims with Nya at the Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
This baby ought to be in pictures. Just 8 weeks old and weighing about 215 pounds, the Shedd Aquarium’s new baby girl calf performed for a gaggle of news cameras on Oct. 23, nursing her mother, sloughing her skin by rubbing against a grate and …