1- Flamingos live an average of 20 to 30 years.
2- A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.
3- Nests are built up by mouthfuls of mud!
4- Males and females look alike.
5- The Andean flamingo has yellow legs and feet.
6- All flamingos feed with their bills upside-down. They tip their head into the water and filter feed, using special adaptations in the top half of their bill, to gather the microorganisms that make up their diet.
7- The flamingo is unique in that the adults, both male and female, provide their young with a type of milk called crop milk.
8- There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.
9- Flamingos often stand on one leg, the other tucked beneath the body
2- A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.
3- Nests are built up by mouthfuls of mud!
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5- The Andean flamingo has yellow legs and feet.
6- All flamingos feed with their bills upside-down. They tip their head into the water and filter feed, using special adaptations in the top half of their bill, to gather the microorganisms that make up their diet.
7- The flamingo is unique in that the adults, both male and female, provide their young with a type of milk called crop milk.
8- There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.
9- Flamingos often stand on one leg, the other tucked beneath the body
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