What do flamingos like to eat?

Answer 1

Flamingos filter-feed on brine shrimp. Their oddly-shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they eat, and are uniquely used upside-down. The filtering of food items is assisted by hairy structures called lamellae which line the mandibles, and the large rough-surfaced tongue. The flamingo's characteristic pink colouring is caused by the Beta carotene in their diet. The source of this varies by species, but shrimp and blue-green algae are common sources; zoo-fed flamingos may be given food with the additive canthaxanthin, which is often also given to farmed salmon. Flamingos produce a "milk" like pigeon milk due to the action of a hormone called prolactin (see Columbidae). It contains more fat and less protein than the latter does, and it is produced in glands lining the whole of the upper digestive tract, not just the crop. Both parents nurse their chick, and young flamingos feed on this milk, which also contains red and white blood cells, for about two months until their bills are developed enough to filter feed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo#Diet

Answer 2

They usually eat fish or scraps of food they can find. They like sea food -- prawns and other sources of fish.

Their beaks are shaped so that they can sift-feed brine shrimp and blue-green algae.

Answer 3

Flamingos filter-feed on brine shrimp and blue-green algae. Their oddly-shaped beaks are used upside-down and specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they eat.

Answer 4

Flamingos eat lots of shrimp, which is why they turn pink