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      6 hours ago

      Most pictures of flamingos are the Florida kind because of the color.

      Flamingos (even American ones) aren’t born pink. They’re bright gray and look like ugly storks.

      The main difference between American and African/Eurasian flamingo is the food that they eat. The American shrimps have pigments that are toxic to most animals. Flamingos basically made this into a chili eating contest, where the most red (and surviving) bird won the right to evolution.

      The color goes away if they’re fed other things for a while, so Zoos actually have to dye the food.