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In 2005, after killing two "husbands" in a row, the American white-naped crane fell in love with the breeder, and the two stayed together for 18 years

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  There is still a legend in zoos in the United States: a proud white-naped crane, after killing two "husbands", accidentally fell in love with the keeper. With the help of keepers, the female crane also successfully gave birth to 7 children and stayed with them for 18 years. What's going on? Today I will introduce it to you.

  The parents of "Walnut" were two wild white-naped cranes that were later caught illegally in China. With the mediation of some people, Hu Tao's parents were sent to the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin, USA. And as soon as "Walnut" was born, he was taken care of by a group of people, so he regarded himself as a person. American white-naped cranes are bred in captivity, so Walnut's task is to avoid inbreeding of American white-naped cranes.

In 2005, after killing two "husbands" in a row, the American white-naped crane fell in love with the breeder, and the two stayed together for 18 years

  The Crane Foundation hopes that Walnut will be able to give birth to his baby when he is two or three years old. But the tsundere walnut was not at all interested in its kind, and until the age of 10, it showed no signs of courtship. When Walnut was a teenager, the foundation sent him to a zoo in the hope that it would breed in the area sooner. But when the zoo sent a male white-naped crane to Walnut, he brutally disemboweled the other party.

In 2005, after killing two "husbands" in a row, the American white-naped crane fell in love with the breeder, and the two stayed together for 18 years

  The Denver Zoo had no choice but to send the walnut away. The Crane Foundation helped Walnut change to another zoo, and the director enthusiastically introduced Walnut to a "boyfriend". Unexpectedly, this male white-naped crane once again followed in the footsteps of his predecessor and was killed by Walnut. Therefore, walnut also has the name of "black widow" in the animal kingdom, and no zoo dares to breed male white-naped cranes.

In 2005, after killing two "husbands" in a row, the American white-naped crane fell in love with the breeder, and the two stayed together for 18 years

  In 2004, Chris Crowe was hired by the Smithsonian Institute for Conservation Biology and applied to become a white-naped crane keeper. His animals include 17 cranes and 36 ducks, one of which is a walnut. Walnut has always been arrogant, so he is not polite to face Chris. In the beginning, whenever Chris stepped into its territory, he would drive it out mercilessly.

In 2005, after killing two "husbands" in a row, the American white-naped crane fell in love with the breeder, and the two stayed together for 18 years

  After learning about Walnut's experience from a colleague, Chris knew that he regarded himself as a human being, so he changed his way of dealing with Walnut and treated Walnut as a friend rather than an ordinary animal. When he goes to work, whenever he has time, he will accompany Hu Tao to talk. When Walnut is in a bad mood, he also accompanies Walnut for a walk outside the fence. Occasionally, he would bring some young leaves, larvae, mice and other food to make the walnuts happy.

In 2005, after killing two "husbands" in a row, the American white-naped crane fell in love with the breeder, and the two stayed together for 18 years

  Over time, Walnut accepted Chris's existence and gradually let down her vigilance against him. What Chris didn't expect was that one day, Walnut actually danced a "courtship dance" in front of him, which startled him and immediately reported it to the principal. The director believes that Chris should use his relationship with Walnut to form a "special couple" with him to complete the breeding task of the white-naped crane.

In 2005, after killing two "husbands" in a row, the American white-naped crane fell in love with the breeder, and the two stayed together for 18 years

  Chris also attaches great importance to the reproduction of white-naped cranes, so in the process of contact with walnuts, he uses artificial insemination to put the seeds of male cranes into the cloaca of walnuts. In the end, Walnut had a total of 7 children. And it also regards Chris as his real partner, very sticky Chris. Once Chris doesn't show up, he goes berserk, rageous, and gets angry and jealous when Chris goes to feed other cranes or ducks. Later, Chris explained to Walnut, and Walnut forgave Chris. And this person and a crane have been with each other for 18 years, which is very precious.

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