urbpan: (dandelion)
urbpan ([personal profile] urbpan) wrote2013-08-03 09:06 am

3:00 snapshot #1350: Siberian cranes.

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A pair of Siberian cranes, when threatened (that is, when anyone passes close to their enclosure) adopt this interesting synchronized head-down defensive posture. If you're lucky they'll call together, an amazing bugling duet that carries for long distances.

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