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Whooping Crane
| The name of my animal is the Whooping Crane. Its
scientific name is grus americana. The Whooping Crane belongs to the bird family. The
status of my animal is endangered. My report is on appearance, habitat, food, threats, and
interesting facts. This report will help you learn something new about an amazing animal. The Whooping Crane looks different from many kinds of birds. The Whooping Crane is almost completely white, except for the wings which are black, and it also has a red crown. Below it's eyes there is some black with red feathers. The Whooping Crane also has very tall legs, and stands more than 1.5 meters tall. It's wing span is up to 2.5 meter long, and weights about 5.8 kilograms.The Whooping Crane lives in many habitats in all the different seasons. They live in marshy areas on the prairies. They live in grain fields, ponds, parkland, and sloughs. The Whooping Crane eats similar foods as other cranes do. The Whooping Crane will either eat other animals, plants, berries, nuts and little grubs. It will eat blue crabs, clams, mud shrimp, crayfish and lots more. The Whooping Crane is sometimes harmed by many different threats. The Whooping Crane has a low reproductive rate. Human workers keep increasing land development. Sometimes unfortunate whoopers collide with power lines. Some people use to think it is a sport to hunt whoopers. They shot them for fun, and for the feathers and eggs. There are many interesting facts about the Whooping crane. Did you know that the Whooping Crane was endangered? Did you also know that the world's population is less then 250 left. This is really amazing, humans have 7 neckbones and Whoopers have 20. The little Whoopers sleep standing up. Whoopers also have thin hollow bones. Did you know that the Whooping Crane is the rarest bird in North America? A Whooping Crane is one of the tallest birds in the world. By Kieran
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