Burning Question of the Day

[anotheranon]

Caviar is fish eggs.

A beluga, if I'm not mistaken, is a type of whale. To wit, a mammal, a creature that gives birth to live young.

So where does beluga caviar come from??

I'm SERIOUS - does it come from some sort of fish that LOOKS like a beluga, or do beluga belong to an extremely weird order of mammal like echidnas and platypi?

Help me out here!

Comments

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

You see, I knew it had to be something like this - whales don't lay eggs. I suppose "beluga" sounds a little more exotic than "sturgeon", as well as providing a way to tell the caviar of different kinds of sturgeon apart. My mind is now at ease!! :)