Amazing Flamingos

1. Amazing Flamingos By: Mallika Gandhi

2. Flamingo Facts Flamingo’s are omnivores and eat little plants and animals. These animals stand on one leg as if it was two. They stand up to six feet tall. They stand in boiling water. The flamingo’s have red and pink feathers. They also stand up too 6 feet tall. Flamingo’s have thin legs and a s curved neck. They have plumage and webbed feet. A pic showing your animal.

3. Flamingo Habitat Picture showing your animal in its habitat. Map showing where your animal lives Flamingoes live in the Caribbean and South America mostly. They stay in streams and swamps. It bends its neck to hide, it also uses its beak to defend.

4. Flamingo Life Cycle Flamingoes are born in a egg. Their feathers are grey to start of with but as they get older they start to become pink. Since flamingoes are born in an egg, they are born one at a time. Adults are very protective of their babies. They have all their pink feathers when they are grown up. Adult flamingoes produce a coral colored liquid through there throats after their young hatch. A picture of the animal as a grown/ mature animal.

5. Flamingo Interactions Flamingos use their beaks to protect itself or it runs away. It talks to others by squawking or peeping. Pic of animal adaptation that allows it to protect itself Its using its beak to protect it self. This is a picture of a hog. Animals that eat flamingoes are hog and gulls. Flamingoes only talk to other flamingoes, even though they are very social. Pic of enemy, predator, prey, etc.

6. Interesting Flamingo Facts Flamingoes can stand in boiling water. Flamingoes do not turn pink until they are two years old. A pic to accompany fact #2 There is six species of flamingoes A pic to accompany fact #3 A pic to accompany fact #1