In June, great crested terns are hatching out on the islands of Xiangshan County, east China's Zhejiang Province. The laws of nature offer no guarantee that every hatchling of one of the world's most critically endangered tern species survives.
In this episode of "Wild China Up Close", CGTN's film crew captured the terns' survival ordeal full of competition and danger.
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Meet the bird with a 'little spoon' in east China
Wild China up close: Bird of legend
(Cover image designed by CGTN's Zhu Shangfan)
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