In 1976, a scientist spent seven years dancing with a lonely whooping crane that refused to mate. The chick that followed helped save one of the world’s rarest birds

In 1976, ornithologist George Archibald began an unusual daily ritual, dancing beside a whooping crane named Tex in an attempt to save one of the rarest birds on the planet. Tex had been raised in captivity and had imprinted on humans rather than other cranes, meaning she showed no interest in mating with her own species.

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