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Crane Who Chose Zookeeper As Mate And Shunned Other Birds Dies At 42

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walnut, a female crane who famously rejected her fellow birds in favor of a human named Crowe, has died. The white-naped crane ...
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White-Naped Crane Dies at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) campus in Front Royal, Virginia, are mourning the loss of Walnut, a white-naped crane who became an internet ...
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Viral Smithsonian National Zoo Crane, Walnut, dies after far surpassing life expectancy

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (7News) — A white-naped crane that went viral on social media a few years ago for a crush on her keeper has died after far surpassing the median life expectancy of similar species ...
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Walnut, the crane attacked potential mates but fell for her keeper, has died

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the great interspecies love stories of our time has come to an end. Walnut, a white-naped crane and internet celebrity, has passed away at age 42. She is survived by eight ...
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Bird Bachelorette: Meet the Rare Female Crane Who Chose a Man Named Crowe as Her Mate for Life

Walnut the white-naped crane isn’t like all the other girls. She and Chris Crowe, her beloved zookeeper with the avian-inspired name (we really can’t make this up!) have been domestic partners for 14 ...