143,Red Crowned Crane
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Hello,this is wild suzhou. Today,I’ll be talking about the red crowned crane, also known as the Manchurian craneor japanese crane. This type of crane is rare, and is a symbol of luck, longlife, and loyalty. Redcrowned cranes are a larger type of crane, and are known for the red bare skinon the top of their head. This skin brightens during mating season. For themost part, their bodies are snow white, with black on part of the edge of theirwings. When the wings are folded, this looks like a tail. However, the tail isactually white. Males have black on their cheeks, throat, and neck, whilefemales have grey in these areas. The beak is greenish, the legs are grey, andthe eyes are brown. Redcrowned cranes migrate throughout the year, moving around East Asia. During thespring and summer, they can be found in Siberia, Northeast China, and sometimesNortheast Mongolia. In the fall and winter they migrate to the Korean Peninsulaand East China. They spend their time in wetlands, rivers, paddy fields, grassytidal fields, and mudflats. Redcrowned cranes eat many foods, such as plants, insects, small mammals, andfish. The plant list includes rice, parsley, carrots, acorns, buckwheat, andother water plants. They also eat fish, amphibians, snails, crabs and shrimp,insects, small reptiles, rodents, and even baby birds. Forwild suzhou, I’m Ciana, thanks for listening and see you next time.
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