WELSH MOUNTAIN ZOO
Flamingo at The Welsh Mountain Zoo, Colwyn Bay, North Wales.
Flamingo's are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae.
A group of flamingo's is called a
" Flamboyance "
Flamingo's are omnivores and filter-feed on brine shrimp, and blue-green algae, as well as insect larvae small insects and mollusks and crustaceans.
The pink or reddish colour of flamingo's comes from carotenoid in their diet, of animal and plant plankton.
Flamingo's prefer to drink freshwater, but they are equipped with glands under their eyes
that remove extra salt from their bodies,so this organ allows them to also drink saltwater.
WELSH MOUNTAIN ZOO
Flamingo at The Welsh Mountain Zoo, Colwyn Bay, North Wales.
Flamingo's are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae.
A group of flamingo's is called a
" Flamboyance "
Flamingo's are omnivores and filter-feed on brine shrimp, and blue-green algae, as well as insect larvae small insects and mollusks and crustaceans.
The pink or reddish colour of flamingo's comes from carotenoid in their diet, of animal and plant plankton.
Flamingo's prefer to drink freshwater, but they are equipped with glands under their eyes
that remove extra salt from their bodies,so this organ allows them to also drink saltwater.