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I found flamingos too

Postby avalen » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:57 am

found flamingos in the desert, ok, they were in the zoo but still....
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Re: I found flamingos too

Postby Sparkle » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:18 am

You should have walked out with one tucked under your arm. Nobody would have noticed. :lol:
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Re: I found flamingos too

Postby Mollysmom » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:22 am

Cute ! I think they're so neat looking - I wonder if they'd make a good pet ?? HA
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Re: I found flamingos too

Postby avalen » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:31 am

what I found odd was how orangy they were instead of pink and that one is really
dark brown. I made a puzzle out of this group.
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Re: I found flamingos too

Postby Cedar518 » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:38 am

perhaps the brown one was an immature? Our white gulls here at Lake Champlain vary in color due to age/maturity. sort of like teenagers,.. haha.... :lol:
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Re: I found flamingos too

Postby bluepinecones » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:04 am

Tell those birds to watch out. Sparkle is not that far away and she has been known to make flamingos disappear.
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Re: I found flamingos too

Postby Bethers » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:38 am

Flamingos color is based on their food. My guess is those aren't getting a lot of fresh shrimp. Just my guess. And whatever they are getting - is giving them that orangish color.
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Re: I found flamingos too

Postby islandmomma » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:12 am

Yes, their colour comes from their diet.... There can be quite a lot of variability but brown!!??

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Re: I found flamingos too

Postby Sparkle » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:44 am

Maybe that Flamingo was in deep doo doo with its companions.
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Re: I found flamingos too

Postby Carolinagal » Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:56 pm

I had never given much thought to the Flamingos color, or that what it ate gave its color. Just took them and their color for granted, I guess. Raised in Fl. from age 10, and just used to seeing them everywhere, when younger. So now I'm learning again on this thread. They eat shrimp? Lucky creatures !!! Wonder when dinner is? :lol: :lol: Maybe the brown one only gets the dried up , been dead a long times shrimp? That kind of goes a long with Sparkles theory. Nobody likes him.

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Re: I found flamingos too

Postby islandmomma » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:08 pm

...or maybe he's a chocoholic...??

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