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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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Photo by FamStudio/Shutterstock.com Flamingos are cute enough to cook, but do people actually eat flamingos? There isn’t much humans won’t eat, especially if there are limited food sources around. The world’s many cultures have different outlooks on what is and...
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Photo by jurra8/Shutterstock.com Flamingos would be nothing without their feathers, an always seen but often overlooked part of what makes this bird tick. A flamingo’s feathers are integral to what it does and how it operates on a daily basis,...
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