Baby hooded crane makes public debut at Osaka's Tennoji zoo

Baby hooded crane makes public debut at Osaka's Tennoji zoo

OSAKA, Japan - A baby hooded crane (L) makes its public debut at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on May 29, hours after hatching in the nest of its foster parents, a pair of Japanese cranes. It is the first time in Japan that the egg of a hooded crane -- an endangered species known as ''nabezuru''(Grus monacha) -- has been incubated by a different kind of bird, in this case a Japanese crane (G. japonensis) known as ''tanchozuru.''

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