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  2. Whooping crane - Wikipedia

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    The whooping crane's lifespan is estimated to be 22–24 years in the wild. [3] After being pushed to the brink of extinction, due to unregulated hunting and loss of habitat, and just 21 wild (and two captive) cranes remaining by 1941, conservation efforts would lead to a partial recovery.

  3. List of cranes - Wikipedia

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    The species with the smallest estimated population is the whooping crane, which is conservatively thought to number 50–249 mature individuals, [5] and the one with the largest is the sandhill crane, which has an estimated population of 450,000–550,000 mature individuals.

  4. Crane (bird) - Wikipedia

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    Crane movements are well known for their fluidity and grace. [citation needed] In Japan, the crane is one of the mystical or holy creatures (others include the dragon and the tortoise) and symbolizes good fortune and longevity because of its fabled life span of a thousand years.

  5. Why are there so many sandhill cranes in Wisconsin right now?

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    However, North America's other crane species, the whooping crane, is endangered. Only about 80-to-85 whooping cranes currently live in Wisconsin, Lacy said. Only about 80-to-85 whooping cranes ...

  6. Grus (genus) - Wikipedia

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    The name Grus is the Latin word for "crane". [2] The German ornithologist Peter Simon Pallas was sometimes credited with erecting the genus in 1766 [ 3 ] but the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled in 1956 that Brisson should have priority.

  7. Men hid endangered birds they killed, but hunters stumbled ...

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    A group of Oklahoma hunters are accused of killing endangered whooping cranes and hiding the bodies — but one of the birds wasn’t dead.. The four men, all between 32 and 43 years old, shot the ...

  8. Red-crowned crane - Wikipedia

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    The crane is carved in a South Korean 500 won coin. In Korea, the red-crowned crane is called durumi or hak and it is considered a symbol of longevity, purity, and peace. Korean seonbis regarded the bird as an icon of their constancy. The red-crowned crane is depicted on the South Korean 500 won coin and is the symbol of Incheon.

  9. Dallas Zoo offers $12.5K reward after whooping crane found ...

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    The Dallas Zoo is offering a $12,500 reward after authorities found a whooping crane dead with a gunshot wound, the zoo said this week in a post on X. The crane was released into the wild as a ...