Animals flamingos birds. Flamingos live in lagoons or large shallow lakes. Mostly they eat by a process called filter feeding their beaks are specially adapted to separate silt and mud from the food they are eating and their beaks are used upside down. August 1 2019 tags. Their bent bills allow them to feed on small organismsplankton tiny fish fly larvae and the like.
These bodies of water may be quite salty or caustic too much so for most other animals. Greater flamingos are likely to be the only tall pink bird in any given locale. That works in the flamingos favor as the birds dine on these small creatures. Flamingos have slender legs long graceful necks large wings and short tails.
See more ideas about pink flamingos birds and pink bird. Flamingos birds animals nature trees fb. Jan 18 2018 explore zyxommas board animals on pinterest. In the 1950s for example captive flamingos would regularly escape.
They also have long lean curved necks and black tipped bills with a distinctive downward bend. In some lakes their only animal neighbors are algae diatoms and small crustaceans. As flamingos disappeared from the wild random sightings of the bird began to be considered fugitives from captive populations. When a flamingo spots potential dinnerfavorite foods include shrimp snails and plantlike water organisms called algaeit plunges its head into the water twists it upside down and scoops the fish using its upper beak like a shovel.
Flamingos are famous for their bright pink feathers stilt like legs and s shaped neck. In reality different species of flamingos are native to central and south america africa parts of europe and asia. Flamingos eat brine shrimp algae insect larvae small fish or crustaceans.