The truth about… flamingos

The truth about…
flamingos
P Coffey
There are six species of flamingo found
around the world. We have one species
living at Durrell: Chilean flamingos.
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Did
Did you
you know…
know…
flamingo
flamingo chicks
chicks are
are not
not
pink,
pink,but
but grey
grey to
to avoid
avoid
being
being spotted
spotted by
by
predators?
predators?
Flamingos long legs allow them to wade deeper
into the water in search of food. They eat small
plants and animals such as algae, insects and
brine shrimps, which they filter out of the water
using the specially adapted bristles inside their
beaks.
Flamingos have strong pair bonds
and keep the same mate from
one year to the next. They lay one
egg in a mud nest and they share
the incubation.
Flamingos can live
for more than 60
years in captivity.
Did you know…
inflamingos
some places
live inin
the wild,
a
flocks
of upover
to tens
million
flamingosofwill
of thousands
gatherbirds?
together?
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