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What happens when a species' population rebounds but its habitat is still shrinking?
That's the question on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, where the revered
tancho crane population is at a 100-year high of 1,200, but its natural habitat has shrunk by 30% over the last 60 years. (Total world population for the species is just 2,600, making it one of the world's most endangered birds.)
Photo: tetu/Flickr