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>Walnut was hand-raised by people and bonded with her human caretakers.
>That preference continued when she came to the institute – she showed no interest in breeding and even attacked male crane suitors.
>As the offspring of two wild-caught cranes, Walnut’s genes were not represented in US zoos.
>So convincing Walnut to breed was regarded as a priority.
>Her caretaker, according to a zoo statement, won her over by “observing and mimicking” the institute’s male white-naped cranes’ actions during breeding season.
>Once he had gained her trust, he was able to artificially inseminate her using sperm from a male crane.
>The unique arrangement was very successful and Walnut laid fertilized eggs that eventually hatched eight chicks.
>The fertilized eggs were given to other white-napped crane pairs who tended to them as their own.
>Of the eight white-napped cranes currently living at the institute, one is Walnut’s chick and another is her grand-chick.
>At 42, Walnut nearly tripled the median life expectancy of 15 years for white-naped cranes in human care.
>She was born in Wisconsin in the summer of 1981 and named after a local restaurant’s popular walnut pie dessert.

Rest in peace, Walnut.

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