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Photo: WCEP
Where's
My Mommy?
Imagine being a baby crane, worn out after the hard work of
hatching. How strange the world seems! But all is well as long as Mommy
is near.
This
baby cuddles with a crane puppet head and thinks it is Mom.The
chick must see other Whooping cranes from birth. That’s how
she gets the
right idea about the species she belongs to. We say the chick gets imprinted.
This baby hatched without parents. She came from an egg in a captive
breeding center. The puppet looks like her species so she imprints
right.