Wuhan Zoo welcomes red-crowned crane babies | 武汉动物园迎来更多丹顶鹤宝宝

　　Recently, three red-crowned crane couples at Wuhan Zoo became the proud parents of six newborn chicks.
　　近日，武汉市动物园的3对丹顶鹤夫妇孵化了6只幼崽。


　　Baby red-crowned crane and its father Photo by Wang Shengkai
　　Female red-crowned cranes in the wild commonly give birth to two babies and usually only one survives. In order to improve their survival rate, the zoo has arranged for the "father" to live in a cage with one of the babies and the "mother" in an adjacent cage with the other, within sight of each other. When the babies have grown to 10 or 15 days, the zoo will move them into two separate rooms to avoid fighting.
　　在野外，一对丹顶鹤夫妇虽然孵化了2只小宝宝，但只有1只能存活下来。为了提高存活率，动物园安排‘鸟爸’带1只在外笼，‘鸟妈’带1只在内笼。等到2只幼崽长到10至15天，可以互相打架前，让它们搬进单独的房间里。
　　Another set of red-crowned crane chicks is expected to hatch on May 16.
　　下一批丹顶鹤幼崽的破壳期大约在5月16日。
　　(Edited by Zheng Xiaoan)