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How Do the Chicks Learn to Eat?

Captive-hatched cranes for the ultralight-led migrations have no crane parents to teach them how migrate — or even how to feed themselves. How do the little chicks learn to eat? Click on the video and see!

Video Clip: Puppet Teaches the Chick to Eat
During Viewing
After Viewing
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As you watch
Can't View Video?
  • What sounds do you hear?
  • Write down action words to describe movements you see.
  • Write down questions you have.


After Viewing:
Read more from a human "chick mama" (with a crane puppet) teaching the chick to eat: Bev's Story