Red-crowned crane social group

So, I was just checking the zoopedia for the crane in PZ and I noticed its social group saying 4‒80

Why is the minimal group size four?

I have visited 140 zoos in my life, and a lot of them have cranes.
Yet I have NEVER seen a group of red-crowned cranes in a zoo.
This species is always kept in couples of one male and one female. So a group size of two.

Now I am fine with the max group size being 80, as they do gather in large groups in the wild. (although this species is territiorial during breeding season, so they would realistically not reproduce when kept in a group)
But the minimum group size really bothers me.
I could work around that in sandbox, but I like to play in Franchise as well.

I strive for realism, so I'd like to keep my cranes in couples, not groups, without the cranes being unhappy about their social requirements.

Please adjust the social requirements for the crane from 4-80 to 2-80.
It's only a minor change but it will add a lot of realism!
 
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Love it when the Zoopeedia disproves itself... The smallest group-size should just be 1
 
I'm glad someone noticed these issues. I think maybe something, such as some animal documentaries, where cranes appear together in the wild, misled them. This is not the first time they have made this mistake. They have made many mistakes, such as setting adult giant pandas in the game to be able to "live in groups" and setting dholes to be afraid of cold. In fact, many large wading birds have a strong sense of territory, especially during the breeding season. They sometimes even hurt the "mates" assigned to them by the zoo. In any case, I support the modification of this setting that is not suitable for captive red-crowned cranes.
 
Yeah, it's such a small thing that I never thought of before but it's incredibly true so yeah definitely change the social group from 4-80 to 2-80.
 
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