Whooping cranes are five feet tall and grayish white.
The whooping crane eats blue crabs, clams, frogs, minnows, rodents, small birds and berries. The whooping crane has wetlands as a habitat. Whooping cranes are endangered because of habitat loss and its being killed for food. The U.S. government established the National Wildlife Refuge at Arkansas to preserve suitable wintering. They are a symbol of long life.