FLAMINGOS

DID YOU KNOW THAT FLAMINGOS HAVE SHARP TONGUES?

DESCRIPTIONS

• The bills and legs are either pink or yellow.
• They have a large body with long legs and long necks.
• The bill is bent in the middle.
• The toes are fully, thickly webbed.
• Flamingos have 3 toes that face forward and one that faces backwards.

HABITAT

• They live in the alkine waters.
• They live by shallow waters.
• They live in saline waters.
• They live in south america.
• They live in africa.

ADAPTATIONS

• They need 4 gallons of water each day.
• Long slender necks help there body stay out of the water.
• They have sharp tongues so when they eat they don't eat mud and get sick.
• They have long necks so they can get food in hard to reach places.
• Flamingos stand on one foot often to let the other one rest.

WHAT THEY EAT

• They eat small fish.
• They eat algae.
• They eat insects.
• They eat molluscs.
• They eat crustaceans.

I HOPE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT FLAMINGOS.

• I leaned that they have sharp tongues.
• I also learned that there bill is bent in the middle.

SOURCES

• The book was the Water Birds.
• The online resource was World Book Encyclopeodia.