Malloy was standing in front of the Alaskan Coast exhibit Wednesday touting an increase in summer tourism in Connecticut when a whale named Juno swam over to the glass to watch.
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The whale hovered over the governor's shoulder and pressed its head to the glass as photographers recorded its antics. The whale became an Internet sensation in 2011 after a video surfaced of it interacting with a mariachi band playing for a wedding at the aquarium.
Belugas are social animals and communicate using assorted whistles and clicking sounds.
The Democratic governor says attendance at nearly two-dozen venues surveyed by the state is up 5 percent over last year.