Actually, flamingos are not pink. They are born with grey feathers, which gradually turn pink in the wild because of a natural pink dye called canthaxanthin that they obtain from their diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae
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chemistry.about.com
Question: Why Are Flamingos Pink?
Have you
ever wondered why flamingos are pink or orange? You've probably heard it
has something to do with what flamingos eat, but do you know what
exactly it is that produces the color?
Answer: Flamingos
are pink or orange or white depending on what they eat. Flamingos eat
algae and crustaceans that contain pigments called
carotenoids. For the most part, these pigments are found in the brine shrimp and
blue-green algae that the birds eat.
Enzymes in the liver break down the carotenoids
into the pink and orange pigment molecules deposited in the feathers,
bill, and legs of the flamingos. Flamingos that eat mostly algae are
more deeply colored than birds that eat the small animals that feed off
of algae. Captive flamingos are feed a special diet that includes prawns
(a pigmented crustacean) or additives such as beta-carotene or
canthaxanthin, otherwise they would be white or pale pink. Young
flamingos have gray plumage that changes color according to their diet.
People
eat foods containing carotenoids, too. Examples include beta-carotene
in carrots and lycopene in watermelon, but most people do not eat enough
of these compounds to affect their skin color.
Because we know that the pink pigment in the feathers come from their diet, we now know how to spot the greedy pigs in the flamingo population.
And on the opposite note we also know how to spot the anorexic bitches. So kidding, they're not bitches, anorexia is a disease people! Save the white flamingos!
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| so sad. segregation... even flamingos do it. |
And finally, just because...
I'm sorry flamingo, I'm sure you weren't laughing when you ate shit, but I did laugh.
Ok so I was watching something and they were eating out of fancy bowls like the one below. I was outraged (not really) by the fact that this was such a waste of a dish. I mean look at how much rim that fuckin bowl has. You can't do anything with that bowl!!!!. so little soup can fit in there. 
Actually, flamingos are not pink. They are born with grey feathers, which gradually turn pink in the wild because of a natural pink dye called canthaxanthin that they obtain from their diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae
