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Biology

The Influence of Social Learning on Migration Routes in Whooping Cranes

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In a remarkable conservation effort, captive-bred whooping cranes are taught a new migration route by following an ultralight aircraft, proving that migration routes can be learned socially and are not entirely hardwired.

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How do whooping cranes, which have no parents to teach them, learn where to migrate? The answer involves an unlikely teacher: an ultralight aircraft.