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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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An egg of whooping crane, (Grus americana), begins to hatch at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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An egg of whooping crane, (Grus americana), begins to hatch at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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A whooper chick, (Grus americana), hatches at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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A whooper chick, (Grus americana), hatches at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. Shown is the egg almost fully rotated and placed in front of sound speakers that play the purring calls of adult whoopers. This stimulates the chick to finish hatching.

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A whooper chick, (Grus americana), hatches at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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A whooper chick, (Grus americana), hatches at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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A whooper chick, (Grus americana), hatches at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. A biologist removes the membrane from the shell for lab analysis.

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A whooper chick, (Grus americana), hatches at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. Shown is the egg almost fully rotated and placed in front of sound speakers that play the purring calls of adult whoopers. This stimulates the chick to finish hatching.

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A biologist feeds a whooping crane chick with a hand puppet. The two-day-old chick will stay indoors for a day or two with a trumpeter swan mount (with a whooper head) so that it imprints on its own species.

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A biologist feeds a whooping crane chick with a hand puppet. The two-day-old chick will stay indoors for a day or two with a trumpeter swan mount (with a whooper head) so that it imprints on its own species.

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A biologist feeds a whooping crane chick with a hand puppet. The two-day-old chick will stay indoors for a day or two with a trumpeter swan mount (with a whooper head) so that it imprints on its own species.

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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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An egg of whooping crane, (Grus americana), begins to hatch at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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A biologist feeds a whooping crane chick with a hand puppet. The two-day-old chick will stay indoors for a day or two with a trumpeter swan mount (with a whooper head) so that it imprints on its own species.

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