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Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay

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Beluga whales are some of the most vocal creatures on Earth .

Scientists worry they may be the canary in the coal mine warning of a dangerous environment.

At any given summer moment on the Churchill River that flows into the Hudson Bay , as many as 4,000 belugas can be up and down the waterway.

The town of Churchill , Manitoba , is counting on that to continue as it faces the prospect of a dwindling number of polar bears.

Belugas get the nickname "canary of the sea" because of their vocalization.

Sea ice is shrinking all over the Arctic , including here in Hudson Bay .

"We don't know how they're going to react to shifts in water temperature, shifts in food availability," expert says.

Killer whales that hunt belugas are coming more often into the Hudson Bay and fewer places to hide.

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