Talk:Flamingo
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What are some of the flamingos predators? posed to beleive? Caesarion 12:14, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
- fixed as per Handbook of birds of the suggest their affinities. My money is on grebes which seems also fairly reasonable according to morphology - reference upcoming -, but I would only bet if my life depended on it...
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[edit] Where does their color come from?
The colour of the flamingo does not arise, however, as a result of the shrimp it eats but rather the blue-green algae in its diet.
Notable exceptions are the flamingos in captivity, many of which turn a pale pink as they are not fed foods containing sufficient amounts of carotene. This is changing as more zoos begin to add shrimp and other supplements to the diets of their flamingos
So does shrimp contribute to the color or not? Yes shrip contribute all the colour that can be seen. Prometheus-X303- 18:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Conservation status
The "SODA" link should not be linked to the disambiguation page. Someone who knows more than me should change this link to point to the correct article. 70.153.180.128 17:21, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Gay Flamingos
I have no idea what to make of this AP article on the wire today (and on many British papers -- googled), it might warrant a small mention somewhere? Sort of like those gay penguins in the Central Park Zoo. --Bobak 22:32, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Lawn Ornaments
Does anyone also think it is notable that Flamingo lawn ornaments are commonly used? Does that belong in this article? There's a lawn gnome section in the Gnome article. I came to this page hoping to learn why people put pink flamingo statues in their yard. Makes no sense to me, but I'm sure there's an interesting story behind how that tradition started. Peaceoutside 22:53, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] old world
wat is an old world flamingo????????????? please i need help 4 my project
from K.D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.170.102.233 (talk) 03:15, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] old world 2
plz answer my question someone
from K.D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.170.102.233 (talk) 03:18, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] plastic flamingos
you need to discuss how north americans have made flamingos into a lawn ornament. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.49.24.75 (talk) 04:05, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
No. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.168.62.197 (talk) 04:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
