Whooping Crane facts
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A man spent several years acting as the mate of a female whooping crane - sleeping, dancing, and building nests with her - as part of an effort to save the species from extinction. And it worked!
how many whooping cranes are there?
The only known nesting ground of the whooping crane is located in Nahanni National Park Reserve.
What does a whooping crane sound like?
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what do whooping cranes eat?
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A man spent several years acting as a mate to an endangered whooping crane by dancing, courting, and bonding with her. It was part of an effort to save the species from extinction by producing healthy chicks. It worked!
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Animals that can be found in Nahanni National Park Reserve include grizzly bears, black bears, timber wolves, moose, minks, beavers, lynxes, martens, muskrats, river otters, woodland caribou, red foxes, wood bison, Arctic ground squirrels, whooping cranes, and snowshoe hares.
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An ornithologist courted a whooping crane for 3 years, dancing and imitating a male crane. When he was unable to make it one year someone else tried and failed.
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A man spent several years acting as the mate of a female whooping crane - sleeping, dancing, and building nests with her - as part of an effort to save the species from extinction. And it worked.
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Macon, GA used to have a professional hockey team called the Macon Whoopee. Their mascot was a whooping crane being stung by a bee (aka the birds and the bees).
