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15 amazing facts about flamingos!
The flamingo is easily recognized thanks to its famous long neck and pastel pink plumage.
Check out the top 15 fun facts about flamingos!
There are only 6 species of flamingos.
Wild flamingos are pink in color because they consume a lot of algae and insects.
Flamingos are recognizable birds because they spend most of their time standing on one foot.
There are 19 bones in the neck of the flamingo.
Their beaks and feathers are made of a hard substance called keratin.
The part that curves down the side half of the flamingo is actually its ankles, not knees!
Flamingo stands on one foot in water as it reduces the amount of body heat lost by cold water.
The flamingos mainly lay one large egg at a time.
The female can lay two eggs at the same time, but rarely both hatch.
1 out of 300 people has an irrational fear of flamingos.
The oldest recorded flamingo live to be 44 years old at Philadelphia Zoo.
There are more plastic flamingos in America than the real ones!
The flamingos feel safest when they are together.
A swarm of flamingos is called a swarm
The word "flamingo" comes from the Latin word for "fire".
