Educational Articles
Flamingo migration is real, a topic we have covered extensively on this site. Last week, we checked out flamingo migration to and within India. This week, it’s all about Cyprus, which is enjoying its annual invasion of the fabulous fowl...
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AI generated image As the calendar draws later in the year, the days get shorter, the temperatures go lower, and the birds gradually fly away. Migration is a normal ritual for most birds, flamingos included. And right about now, their...
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Photo by kingmaphotos/Shutterstock.com Flamingos are partnered in human minds with the color pink. But what color are flamingo legs? The bird’s feathers are notoriously pink. Well, they aren’t inherently so, but their carotenoid-packed diets tint their plumage into a shade...
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Photo by BarbElkin/Shutterstock.com In 1979, some students at the University of Wisconsin imported more than 1,000 flamingos to Madison. They didn’t have to worry about food, water, or shelter, though - plastic flamingos are much less needy. On the first...
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Photo by JaneRix/Shutterstock.com Like the rest of the animal kingdom, flamingos have threats that they must protect themselves from. Predators are the historic enemy. Human activity and development are the modern ones. The world’s climate is changing, and all living things...
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