Locals provide insight on origins of mysterious exotic bird

"Dr. Giancarlo Malnati and his wife, Iole, were in Africa for 11 years, according to their daughter Dr. Rosa Malnati, a podiatrist in Ocala. She said her mother adopted a pair of East African crowned cranes as chicks and raised them there. When the family went back to Italy, the pet birds went as well. Ten years later, the family moved to America." - By Susan Smiley-Height, Assistant city editor

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