Ibises enter mating season as feathers change color

Ibises enter mating season as feathers change color

NIIBO, Japan - The two ibises which produced Japan's first artificially bred ibis ''Yu Yu'' last May are showing signs of mating again, the Sado Crested Ibis Conservation Center in Niibo, on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, said on Feb. 15. The photo, taken Feb. 11 and provided by the center, shows You You (L), the male, and Yang Yang, the female, presented to Japan by China. The color around their necks has changed to that for the mating season, the center said.

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