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Photo by StephanKogelman/Shutterstock.com Flamingos are often found in a large group, known as a flamboyance. It’s rare for them to be found alone in pretty much any setting. This begs the question: do flamingos have friends? You don’t get to...
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Photo by Wynian/Shutterstock.com Flamingos and Morton Salt aren’t the most likely of pairs, but for decades, the two have shared a symbiotic relationship in the Bahamas. In the late 1930s, Morton Salt Co. began operating on the island of Great...
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Photo by SIWAT_R/Shutterstock.com Flamingos are peculiar creatures in so many ways, but there are good reasons for all of their eccentricities. One of their many oddities is the shape of their beak. Why are flamingo beaks bent? There’s a perfectly...
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Photo by OSDG/Shutterstock.com Flamingos spend a lot of time standing, swimming, and flying. Those are the main activities you’re used to seeing these fowls do. But when flamingos have someplace to be and there’s only dry land and no air space...
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Photo by JonRuizOrtiz/Shutterstock.com Humans with arthritis are sometimes recommended to try hydrotherapy to help ease the pain on their joints, and flamingos are no different. At the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, zoo staff utilize hydrotherapy for their flamingos with arthritis. National...
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