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This is an educational video for children. Here are some interesting and fun facts about Flamingos.

• Flamingos, with their long legs, curving beaks, and bright color, are the showstoppers of the bird world
• They prefer to stand on one foot.
• Flamingos look big, but they weigh only 5 to 6 pounds.
• Flamingos make nests from mud. They usually lay only one egg. Both parents take care of the egg, which hatches after 30 days.
• Baby flamingos stay in the nest for a few weeks. Then they gather with other young flamingos.
• The flamingo is well known for having extremely long legs. The legs of an adult flamingo are actually longer than the bird’s body, measuring anywhere from 31.5 – 49 inches, depending on the exact species.
• It is a very common misconception that flamingos do not fly, but they have the ability to fly hundred miles a day between different locations for the sake of finding food.
• The pink to reddish color of a flamingo's feathers comes from carotenoids (the pigment that also makes carrots orange) in their diet of plankton, brine shrimp, and blue-green algae.
• The flamingo’s ankle is located halfway up the leg.
• The largest colony of flamingos contains 1 million members and can be found in East Africa!
• In the wild flamingos live 20 - 30 years and sometimes over 50 years in captivity.

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