Condor chick LA1123 waits for it's feeding in a temperature controlled enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. The chick hatched Sunday April 30, 2023. The latest breeding efforts to boost the population of North America's largest land bird, an endangered species where there are only several hundred in the wild. Experts say say the species cannot sustain itself without human intervention. More birds still die in the wild each year than the number of chicks that are born, both in nature and in captivity, and survive annually. (Photo by Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
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