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JS8 - U45 - Day 14 Operation Migration
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TRUE OR FALSE: The plan was to be tested using plentiful sandhill cranes instead of the rare whooping cranes.
True
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What took over much of the cranes' wetland habitat?
New building and roads
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TRUE OR FALSE: All 13 of the sandhill cranes landed in the Florida refuge.
False (1 joined a different wild group and 1 died in the overnight holding pen)
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TRUE OR FALSE: The plan was for a second migratory flock to nest in Wisconsin and spend winter in Alabama.
False (...spend winter in Florida)
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Why did the experiment take place on a calm day? How did it affect the cranes?
Because they had to follow the ultralight and flap their wings continually to stay in the air.
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TRUE OR FALSE: After the sandhill cranes' migration and landing, the crew will continue to monitor the cranes.
True
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What was the goal of Operation Migration?
To encourage a second migration flock of cranes to prevent disease.
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TRUE OR FALSE: The whooping crane is found only in South America.
False (North America)
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Where did the sandhill cranes begin their migration? Where was their final destination?
They began in Wisconsin and landed in Florida.
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Why did human caretakers have to dress as sandhill cranes?
Because hatchlings needed to avoid humans for their own protection.
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TRUE OR FALSE: The whooping crane was declared an endangered species.
True
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TRUE OR FALSE: Operation Migration was the longest bird migration ever led by a human.
True
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