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Flamingos
Flamingos are tall, pink birds that often stand on one leg. Ask questions here about their habitat, behavior and conservation.
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well you wouldn't want to go near a mother only in zoo because they are tamed even if mother isn't with children it will still attack because flamingos are very dumb. even when their kids die, they think they're still in their pouch. Yes, flamingos are part marsupial.
What are the flamingos defense mechanisms?
The flamingo has only one natural defense, and that is escape. At the first sign of danger, a flamingo will take flight, and all the other birds of the flock will follow suit, taking to the sky. This makes them difficult targets for natural predators.
What is the population of the greater flamingo?
Over 1 million are alive today. No one knows for sure because everyday about one new one is made, and some die.
What is the domain of a puna flamingo?
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The consensus in the scientific community is that flamingos are diurnal birds. However, some studies documented flamingos feeding or flying by night.
What Latin word does flamingo come from?
Flamingos are found in Africa, Asia, North America, Central America, South America, and Europe.
Flamingos walk on long, stilt like legs that are designed for wading in shallow water. They have webbed feet so they won't sink into the mud at the bottom of the water. When they fly, flamingos run a few steps into the wind; the flock will fly in formations that take advantage of the wind currents. For more information see the link below.
Flamingos are not the only birds containing pink. Since they are not born or do not intrinsically develop into pink birds, they obtain their pink pigment from their diet. The more carotene their diet contains, the more vibrantly pink their bodies become.
The related link includes a short list of other birds that contain the color pink.
Flamingos are found in Africa, they also inhabit Asia, North America, Central America, South America, and Europe. Please see the link below for a world map of flamingos habitat.
They empower the creature to run away when a lion, capybara, or predator
approaches, or when a danger lurks. This instinct makes it possible for the
flamingo to survive such a situation although threatened, and to live on, to
eat and to procreate another day.
A flamingo looks like a very large bird, but has four legs and in pink. It's head is as large as its body and is cannot fly!
Pictures of plants of frigid zones?
Animals living in the adapted to the cold condition very well by mostly having a thick coat under their skin, known as blubber. Such animals are penguins, polar bears, whales, seals, wolves, arctic foxes, arctic hares, reindeer, sables, arctic ground squirrels, lynxes, etc.
Are flamingos mammals or reptiles?
No, a Flamingo is a bird. Not a mammal.
Mammals (class Mammalia) are a class of vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of sweat glands, including sweat glands modified for milk production, hair, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex region in the brain. All mammals (except for the five species of monotremes) give birth to live young instead of laying eggs. Most mammals also possess specialized teeth, and the largest group of mammals, the placentals, use a placenta during gestation. The mammalian brain regulates endothermic and circulatory systems, including a four-chambered heart.
No. A flamingo is a bird.
an average flamingo will live for upto 40 years.
the oldest recorded greater flamingo, which is the most common specie, is a resident at Adelaide Zoo in Australia and is at least 75 years old.
Does a flamingo have short legs or long legs?
So they can stand in water and use there long necks for finding food.
Where can you find a flamingo breeder?
