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The leggy, somewhat fuzzy, blonde with a beak is simply ‘Baby Crane’ for now, but because it’s a post-millennia critter, the Palm Beach Zoo is turning toward social media to name its rare red-crowned crane chick. By chick, we mean ‘just hatched’. For the record, it’s a male.
The zoo is taking votes via Twitter on Tuesday from 3 p.m. until Wednesday at 3 p.m.
This is not a naming free-for-all. No write-ins accepted. Instead tweeters can pick from three names selected by zookeeper Sarah Coleman. The selections are Japanese, honoring the red-crown’s native habitat: Kaze (wind), Tobu (fly) and Kakashi (scarecrow).
Vote by tweeting the Zoo @palmbeachzoo and hashtag the chosen name… for the newbies you'd go to twitter and write @palmbeachzoo and then #Kaze, #Tobu, or #Kakashi — one name only and only one tweet per voter.
The 3-weeks-old chick lives with mother Akai and father Yuki at the Australia/Asia section of the zoo at 1301 Summit Blvd. in West Palm Beach. This is the cranes’ first chick.
Red-crowned cranes are waterbirds from East Asia. Scientists estimate fewer than 3,000 of the species remain, placing them among the most rare cranes in the world. The species is severely endangered. The zoo is among those to participate in the species survival plan for the crane.
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