Why are Flamingos Pink in color?
What makes Flamingos Pink is probably the most common question in general asked about flamingos. The simple answer is diet. A flamingo’s pink or reddish feather, leg, and facial coloration comes from a diet high in alpha and beta carotenoid pigments, including canthaxanthin. The richest sources of carotenoids are found in the algae and various insects that make up the staples of a flamingo’s diet. Could you imagine if we looked like what we ate? What would you look like? The Most Interesting Flamingo Fact List Ever Assembled! – Male flamingos are slightly larger than females; however, visual sex determination of flamingos is unreliable. – Flamingos have good hearing and use vocalizations to keep flocks together and for parent-chick recognition. – Vision plays an important role in helping flamingos synchronize collective displays (social behaviors) of several hundred to several thousand birds. – Flamingos have little or no sense of smell. – Tactile organs on their tongues are used to ex
