Walking flamingos in french Camargue
Flamingos, water birds with long necks, sticklike legs and pink or reddish feathers living in and around lagoons or lakes, are pink because the algae they consume are loaded with beta carotene, an organic chemical that contains a reddish-orange pigment.
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