Educational Articles

When Do Flamingos Learn to Fly?
Photo by SebastienBurel/Shutterstock.com Human babies aren’t born with the ability to walk, and flamingo chicks aren’t hatched with the ability to fly. It takes human babies a few months to first learn how to walk. How long does it take...
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Do Flamingos Migrate?
Photo by YanLev/Shutterstock.com You probably only imagine flamingos hanging out in a warm lagoon with their fellow bird buddies, surrounded by palm trees and coconuts. But it’s common for birds to migrate during the breeding season - are flamingos one...
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Can Flamingos Live in Cold Weather?
Photo by PaulaCobleigh/Shutterstock.com When you think of a flamingo, you think of a tropical background, with a beautifully blue body of water, gorgeous trees in the background, and sandy beaches, in part because those are common characteristics of where you’d...
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Flamingos Can Lose Their Pink Color!
Photo by JeffMcGraw/Shutterstock.com Flamingos are synonymous with the color pink. Though they don’t hatch with the pink pigment, their diet influences their tint and turns them some variation of the vibrant shade after a few years after hatching. So, if...
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Do Flamingos Live in Florida?
Photo by DimaZel/Shutterstock.com Flamingos need a tropical climate and plenty of saltwater to roam, feed, and congregate in. The United States has a handful of varying climates within its borders, but most of it isn’t tropical and home to plenty of...
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