The Yancheng Wetland Rare Birds National Nature Reserve in Yancheng city saw the birth of the first red-crested crane chick this year and it is born through artificial hatching. The live-streamed labor process attracted more than 80,000 netizens.
The crane chick was born on April 22. The nature reserve started this year's red-crowned crane breeding in January. The pair of red-crowned cranes started to give birth to chicks two years ago.
Chen Weihua, Deputy Director of the Bird Research Center of Yancheng Wetland Rare Birds National Nature Reserve
Each cage is separated by black nets
so that the red-crowned cranes
do not interfere with each other
In addition
it is surrounded by iron sheets
to prevent animals
such as badgers from infringing
We also increase the light
prolong the light time
add apples, eggs and crabs
to ensure nutrition
Yancheng Wetland Rare Birds National Nature Reserve is one of the main wintering places for red-crowned cranes in the world. About 600 wild red-crowned cranes winter here every year.
