Educational Articles

How Many Chicks Does a Flamingo Have Per Year?
Photo by OndrejChvatal/Shutterstock.com Unless you’re having twins, triplets, or something even more sinister, humans don’t have more than one baby per year. At least, women don’t. Is it the same for the fabulous fowl? Do flamingos also only generally have just...
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Where Are Flamingos on the Food Chain?
Photo by ArCaLu/Shutterstock.com You look at a flamingo and see a friend. A brine shrimp looks at a flamingo and sees its life flash before its eyes. A crocodile looks at a flamingo and sees its next meal. Where you...
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What Color Is Flamingo Blood?
Photo by KendalSwart/Shutterstock.com Flamingos are intrinsically linked to the color pink. It’s difficult to believe these beautiful birds include any other color in their lives. But nature has a funny way of not caring about our manufactured sensibilities. How deep...
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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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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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