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How do cranes eat crabs?

In the wild, the crane parents teach the chick by showing and doing. But who teaches the chicks who have no parents except an ultralight airplane?

When the ultra-chicks arrive in Florida, the "costumes" get some crabs. They use the puppet to show the chicks how to break the shell and find the good part. It doesn’t take long before the youngsters catch on and hunt for their own crabs. Crabs are in the mud at the bottom, so the crane probes the mud with its beak and pulls out the unlucky crab it found. Those long legs and long, sharp beaks are helpful!