to be a Crane Wild baby cranes learn from their parents what
food to eat, where to sleep and how to fly. They learn because
they identify with their parents. Chicks try hard to stay with
their parents and imitate them. Imprinting is a quick way of
learning who their parents are so they can follow them within
hours, and they won’t get lost. Chicks born in captivity imprint
and learn, too. But their “parent” is a puppet that looks just
like an adult crane.