LC-flamingo

=__**Flamingo!! **__= ==

=__Classification: __= =kingdom: Animalia = =Phylum: Chordata = =Class: Aves = =Infraclass: Neognathee = =Order: Phoenicopteriformes = =Family: Phoenicopteridae = =genus: Phoenicopterus =

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 * ==Flamingos normally stand on one leg ==


 * ==half their body is capable of going to sleep even when on one leg ==


 * ==pink to bright red depending on the amount of beta carotene in their diet(brine shrimp) ==

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 * ==<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 81); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Brine shrimp ==
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 81); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Beta carotene from the shrimp causes their feathers to be colorfull ==


 * ==<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 81); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">hatch grey and become their unique shade of pink as they eat more beta carotene ==
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 81); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">they are fluffy when little and really short then as they grow and mature the become tall and sleek ==

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(140, 47, 182);">__**Kool Facts:**__
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 * A Flamingo's tongue used to be considered a delicacy in ancient Rome.
 * Andean minors have killed flamingos for their fat, believed to be a cure for tuberculosis.

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