Did you know… Did you know… Did you know… Did you know… flamingos live in flamingos live in flamingos live in flamingos live in

flocks of up to tens flocks of up to tens flocks of up to tens flocks of up to tens of thousands of of thousands of of thousands of of thousands of

birds?birds?birds?birds?

Did you know… Did you know… Did you know… Did you know… flamingo chicks are not flamingo chicks are not flamingo chicks are not flamingo chicks are not pink, but grey to avoid pink, but grey to avoid pink, but grey to avoid pink, but grey to avoid

being spotted by being spotted by being spotted by being spotted by predators?predators?predators?predators?

The truth about…

flamingos

There are six species of flamingo found

around the world. We have one species living at Durrell: Chilean flamingos.

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being spotted by being spotted by being spotted by being spotted by predators?predators?predators?predators?

Did you know… Did you know… Did you know… Did you know… in some places in in some places in in some places in in some places in the wild, over a the wild, over a the wild, over a the wild, over a

million flamingos will million flamingos will million flamingos will million flamingos will gather together?gather together?gather together?gather together?

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Flamingos long legs allow them to wade deeper into the water in search of food. They eat small plants and animals such as algae, insects and brine shrimps, which they filter out of the water using the specially adapted bristles inside their beaks.

Flamingos have strong pair bonds and keep the same mate from one year to the next. They lay one egg in a mud nest and they share the incubation.

Flamingos can live for more than 60 years in captivity.