Stork egg hatches naturally in the wild

Stork egg hatches naturally in the wild

KOBE, Japan - A parent stork cares for its newly-born stork at the Hyogo Prefectural Homeland for the Oriental White Stork in the city of Toyooka in the prefecture on May 20. The baby stork was born from an egg laid by artificially-bred oriental white storks that were released into the wild in 2006. In 43 years, it is the first confirmed hatching of an egg laid naturally by storks living in the wild. (Pool photo)

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