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Cranes fly with their necks extended outwards instead of bent into an S-shape (differentiating them from the similar-looking herons) [3] and their long legs outstretched. They also have musical, long-reaching calls and elaborate courtship displays. [2] Cranes are threatened by habitat loss, intentional hunting, and the wildlife trade. [1]
A crane which is used as a form of immortal ride is called an immortal crane. [7] In the Shiyiji, Immortals often go to Mount Kunlun to play by riding on dragons and cranes. [5]: 162 The Eight immortals are sometimes depicted in pictures greeting the god of longevity, Shouxing (壽星), who is flying past on a crane through auspicious clouds.
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Inspired by Crane's in-laws, [6] the strip describes their efforts to enjoy retirement, which instead proves quite imperfect for both. [7] Earl Pickles is bald and has a bushy white mustache; he also wears glasses and suspenders. He is described as "a couch potato, curmudgeon and all-around geezer-in-residence."
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The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is an American manufacturer which produces cranes and previously produced commercial refrigeration and marine equipment. It was founded in 1902 and, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and supports mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes, lattice-boom crawler cranes, and boom trucks under the Grove, Manitowoc, National Crane, Potain ...
President Joe Biden this week granted clemency to a former Luzerne County judge convicted in the infamous “kids for cash” scheme to send children to for-profit detention centers in exchange ...
The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Manchurian crane (traditional Chinese: 丹頂鶴; simplified Chinese: 丹顶鹤; pinyin: dāndǐng hè; Japanese: 丹頂鶴 or タンチョウヅル; rōmaji: tanchōzuru; Korean: 두루미; romaja: durumi; the Chinese character '丹' means 'red', '頂/顶' means 'crown' and '鶴/鹤' means 'crane'), is a large East Asian crane among the ...