Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Flamingos

Flamingos are wading birds with a very specialised diet - they filter feed, straining out tiny brine shrimps from the water with their specially evolved beaks and tongue.


It may look as if a flamingo can bend its knee backwards but what you're seeing is actually its ankle.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Flamingo

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