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Flamingo: Interesting Facts – Amazing Nature
18.01.2024 21:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:21
Flamingos cannot be confused with any other bird due to the peculiarities of their body structure and the amazing color of their plumage.
Interesting Facts about Flamingos
These birds can fly, but they need a short run to get off the ground.
During flight, they extend their long necks and legs in one straight line.
The average lifespan of a flamingo is about 30 years.
In the wild they live less, but not by much, since they have almost no natural enemies.
A team of paleontologists led by J. Alberto Cruz from the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico discovered a perfectly preserved fossilized flamingo egg.
Why are flamingos this color
Nevertheless, birds are born light gray.
The pink color of flamingos depends on the food they eat: they feed on aquatic crustaceans and blue-green algae, which contain pigments called carotenoids.
When food enters a bird's digestive tract, enzymes break down the carotenoids into pink and orange molecules.
Previously we talked about feeding birds.
