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There are six different species of flamingo

The flamingo is a large colourful bird found both in South America and Africa. The flamingo is also found in the warmer areas of southern Europe and western Asia.

The flamingo stays in flocks of up to around 200 birdsand feeds on fish in stiller rivers and lakes. The flamingo usually gets to about 30 years old although it is not uncommon for some flamingos to get to 50 years old.

Most species of flamingo are a pinky/orange colour, some however can be white, black or even blue. The colour of the flamingo comes from the flamingo eating a type of algae that then turns the flamingo into the bright pink bird that we are so familiar with.

The flamingo is often seen on the banks of the lake standing on one leg. The flamingo is actually sleeping when it is on one leg but the strange thing is, that only half of the flamingo is actually asleep - the half that contains the leg still standing remains active. The flamingo then swaps over so that the remaining side can get some rest and the side that was sleeping becomes active again.

There are six different species of flamingo found around the world. The different flamingo species are the greater flamingo which is the most widespread species of flamingo found in Africa, Southern Europe and Southern Asia. The lesser flamingo is the most numerous species of flamingo and is found in Africa and Northern India. The Chilean flamingo is a large species of flamingo that is found in South America. The James's flamingo is a small and delicate species of flamingo that is found in the Andes mountains in Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. The Andean flamingo is closely related to the James's flamingo and is also found in the Andes mountains in Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. The American flamingo is a large species of flamingo that is found in the Caribbean islands and the Galapagos islands.

Flamingos use their large, oddly shaped beaks to filter shrimp out of the water. The flamingo uses it's strangely shaped upside-down beak to separate mud and food in the water. The mouth of the flamingo is covered in little hairs called lamellae which assist in the filtering of water and the flamingo also has a rough tongue which the flamingo also uses to help it to filter food out of the water.

Although flamingos only nest once a year, flamingo colonies are known to breed at any time of the year. A flamingo reaches sexual maturity (which means the flamingo is able to breed) when the flamingo is between 3 and 6 years old. Flamingos build their nests out of mud, stones and feathers and do so about 6 weeks before they lay their eggs. Flamingos tend to lay just one egg that hatches after a 30 day incubation period. Both the mother flamingo and the father flamingo are known to help to raise the flamingo chick.

Flamingos have relatively few predators in the wild but this is dependent on the area in which the flamingo inhabits. Human hunters, wild dogs and crocodiles are the main predators of the flamingo, along with eagles that prey upon the flamingo eggs and vulnerable flamingo chicks.

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New Children Picture Book: Girl’s Zoo Visit After Losing Friend to Cancer

Without doubts, little kids in families develop mentally through their early exposure to educative materials. Following several trips to zoos across the US, Lori ZooTell now shares her experience in a children picture book, where she details what kids should expect to see in a typical zoo.

The new book, titled WHO can YOU VIEW at the ZOO – The Baby Giraffe and Friends Series, Book 1, is a pictorial tale of what the author has seen in zoos like, Detroit Zoo; GarLyn Zoolife Park, Michigan; the Honolulu Zoo, Hawaii; San Diego Zoo, California; and Nashville Zoo, Tennessee. She has also been to Disney’s Animal World.

According to Lori, her passion for animals began at childhood when she told her mom that she would like to have her home full of various animal species. Today, that vision is a reality; and in a bid to share her experience with pre and early readers, she created the colorful story book to help the young ones out there get familiar with the works of Mother Nature.

Speaking on the background of the book, as contained in its preface, Lori ZooTell says the sorrows resulting from the untimely death of her bosom friend, led her to seek relief by embarking on her childhood dream—zoo trips.

It’s been reported as well that the Zoo Book, WHO can YOU VIEW at the ZOO, is now available in several online bookstores as her e-book edition. However, she’s yet to publish the print edition.

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Fun Alligator Facts for Kids Check out our range of fun alligator facts for kids. Learn about alligator's powerful bite, how much they weigh, what they eat and much more. Read on and enjoy a variety of interesting information about alligators. From Science Kids online

Alligators are reptiles. Alligators have been living on Earth for millions of years and are sometimes described as ‘living fossils’. There are two different species of alligator, the American alligator and the Chinese alligator. American alligators live in south-eastern areas of the United States such as Florida and Louisiana. Chinese alligators are found in the Yangtze River but they are critically endangered and only a few remain in the wild. Like other reptiles, alligators are cold-blooded. Alligators can weigh over 450 kg (1000 lb). Alligators have a powerful bite but the muscles that open the jaw are relatively weak. An adult human could hold the jaws of an alligator shut with their bare hands. Alligators eat a range of different animals such as fish, birds, turtles and even deer. Alligator eggs become male or female depending on the temperature, male in warmer temperatures and female in cooler temperatures.