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Photo by MichaelZysman/Shutterstock.com Conchy the flamingo is no ordinary fowl. It’s not unusual for the Navy Air Station Key West at Boca Chica Field in Florida to have to deal with large birds meandering into its airfield. These fowls present...
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Photo by MartinMecnarowski/Shutterstock.com When you think of birds, one of the first things you think of is flight. But not all birds fly, and it’s usually the larger ones that remain rooted to the ground. So, can flamingos fly? Can...
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Photo by anna.argentuma/Shutterstock.com On March 17, 1972, the world met the movie, “Pink Flamingos.” The cult classic turned 50 this month, and though its actual content doesn’t have much to do with the beautiful bird other than borrowing its name,...
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You love flamingos, but do you love them as much as the Florence Flamingos? The Florence RedWolves, a collegiate summer baseball league team that plays in the Coastal Plain League (CPL), wanted to change things up. So, in August 2021,...
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Flamboyance of Caribbean flamingos - Photo by Dr.JuergenBochynek/Shutterstock.com Flamingos flock together in flamboyances and are very social animals. This means they have to have some system for communication. That leads to an interesting question: what sounds do flamingos make? What Sounds...
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