15 Fascinating Flamingo Facts | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Flamingos are a familiar sight even to those who have never seen one in real life. The tropical wading birds have long legs with backward-bending knees, long curvy necks, and most noticeably, they are pink. We can admire flamingos or laugh at them (and often both), so we may as well learn something about them.

1. There are six distinct species[1] of flamingo, but it takes a trained eye to distinguish them.

2. Adult flamingos are four to five feet tall[2], but only weigh between four and eight pounds. That’s the kind of astonishing body density (or lack of) needed for flight.