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Pheonicopterus ruber ruber

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26.6965, -80.0574

Field Notes

Description:

pink, eats a lot of shrimp and algae

Habitat:

carribean shallow pools with lot of shrimp and algae

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Comments (2)
Caleb Steindel
FUNFACT: did you know that flamingos are pink because of the shrimp they eat?> which in turn are pink from what they eat!
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PublishedApril 30, 2013

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