What's a beluga whale's favourite trick? Blowing bubbles that look like a halo


This whale has become a sensation at an aquarium after learning how to blow halo-shaped bubbles.

The 10-year-old beluga has perfected the technique over the last three years and now stuns visitors with her unique talent.

She uses her mouth to blow the water to make a current, then her blow hole to break the current into a ring shape.

The extraordinary spectacle was captured on camera by photographer Hiroya Minakuchi at the Shimane aquarium in Japan.

Blowing bubbles: This beluga whale was captured creating a halo effect by photographer Hiroya Minakuchi at the Shimane aquarium in Japan

The 58-year-old, from Osaka, is the only person outside the aquarium who is allowed to dive with the belugas.

He said: 'This beluga started making bubble rings when she was seven. And a couple of years ago she developed her technique.

'Now she blows the water from her mouth to make a current, which is not visible for us underwater. She then blows air from her blow hole into the current and that makes a ring shape.