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Flamingos are pink because the algae they eat are loaded with beta carotene, an organic chemical that contains an orange-red pigment. (Beta carotene is also present in many plants, especially tomatoes, spinach, pumpkins, sweet potatoes and of course carrots.) The mollusks and crustaceans eat the same carotenoids.The level of carotene (organic pigments) in their food varies in different regions of the world, which is why American flamingos are usually bright red and orange, while the pink ones. The drought-affected little crane of Lake Nakuru in central Kenya has a lighter pink color.If a flamingo stops eating foods containing carotenoids, its new feathers will begin to grow with a much lighter color, and its red feathers will eventually fall off. The molting hair loses its pale pink color.
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What a flamingo eats depends on the type of beak it has. Less than that, the flamingos of James and Andean have what is called a short beak, which feedsmainly on algae. Large flamingos, Chile and the US have a shorter beak, allowing them to eat insects, invertebrates and small fish.
To eat, the flamingos will stir the bottom of the lake with their feet and drop their beaks into the mud and water to find food.Flamingo groups are called flocks. The flamingos work together to protect each other from predators and care for their young. It is believed that flamingos are “monogamous”. Once mating, they will stay with that partner.
