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Flamingo

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Flamingo

A pink wading bird that eats upside down/Small Animals

Flamingos are large wading birds known for their vibrant pink plumage, which comes from carotenoid pigments in their diet of algae and brine shrimp. Without these pigments, flamingos would be white or pale gray. They feed with their heads upside down, using comb-like structures in their beaks to filter food from water. Flamingos are highly social, living in colonies of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. The greater flamingo stands up to 1.5 meters tall, making it the largest of the six species.

Measurements

Height (standing)1.45 m
2,071Pencil lead widths
483 millionthsAirport runway lengths
80.6Ring diameters
Wingspan1.6 m
5.3 billionthsLight-seconds
1.7 hundredthsFootball field lengths
Body mass3.5 kg
56.5 millionthsM1 Abrams tanks
58.3Chicken eggs
1.2 hundredthsFull bathtubs
Leg length8 tenths m
2.7 quadrillionthsOort Cloud edges
4 hundredthsGrain silo heights
Neck length6 tenths m
24Postage stamp widths
2 hundredthsChurch steeple heights
Lifespan1.3 billion s
39.9Earth years
840,000Pomodoro timers
700,000Dog walks

About 40 years

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