Cranes Hatched In Zoo
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Two demoiselle cranes have been hatched in the Wellington Zoo, creating what is claimed as a world record, for until a single. crane was hatched in tiie same zoo last year there was no recorded hatching in captivity by this type of bird, which is also known as the Numidian crane.
The two birds, which were hatched on Monday and Tuesday last week, have given their keepers many moments of anxiety. They are wading birds, but within an hour of their hatching they were swimming about on water three feet deep.
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Northern Advocate, 21 December 1945, Page 2
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