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Why are Flamingos Pink?

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Flamingo's come in a variety of colors including pink. The beautiful colors are due to their diets. The pink flamingos have a high alpha and beta carotene which makes their feathers pink in color.
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Flamingos eat shrimp and other things like algae that have beta-carotene and that is what turns them pink. I guess you really are what you eat.
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Flamingo's come in a variety of colors including pink. The beautiful colors are due to their diets. The pink flamingos have a high alpha and beta carotene which makes their feathers
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Flamingos color comes from it's diet. They eat a lot of foods that contains beta carotene and alpha. They eat mollusks, blue green alage and crustaceans they find at the bottom of
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Flamingos come in a range of colors. The Pink Flamingo has a diet that is high in beta which will make its feather turn a pinkish to reddish color.
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Flamingo's color can vary depending of the specie it can be pale pink, crimson or vermilion. The coloring comes from the food they eat like diatoms, seeds, blue green algae, crustaceans
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