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...
[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? 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)
