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Cueto befriends beluga whale at SeaWorld

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Before stymieing the San Diego Padres for his second complete game of 2016 on Wednesday, San Francisco Giants right-hander Johnny Cueto spent the afternoon making some new friends at SeaWorld.

From the looks of it, the 30-year-old is just as popular with sea animals as he with the denizens of AT&T Park, who have watched Cueto craft a 2.70 ERA through his first nine starts with the Giants.

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To be fair, though, Cueto should have a rapport with sea critters by now: the Giants' mascot, Lou Seal, is, well, an anthropomorphized seal.

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