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In northern Peru’s Sechura Desert, David G. Ricalde works to save flamingos. But not just any flamingos: he is working to protect one of Earth’s most distinctive flamingo populations. The biologist and ornithologist has spent the last 16 years with...
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Photo by SimaPatel/Shutterstock.com There are six flamingos species spread across the world, and they don’t all require the same sort of living situations. Aspects of flamingo life are universal, or at least close to it, but others are not. Flamingo...
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Photo by DarioCastro/Shutterstock.com Flamingos are considered tropical creatures that hang out on sunny, sandy beaches. But one flamingo, affectionately known as Pink Floyd, chose a different path. In 1988, Pink Floyd - though he wasn’t called such at the time -...
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Photo by GermanS/Shutterstock.com Any answer for how long flamingos live in the wild is an educated guess. Tracking these things in a wild environment, especially the ones flamingos hang out in, is very difficult. But that’s different when the bird is...
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Photo by KirillDorofeev/Shutterstock.com Flamingos can be found on multiple continents, in several counties, and in different biomes across the globe. But where is the biggest flamingo population? The great heights of the Andes, the lagoons of East Africa, and the...
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