By Emily RabinovichBy Emily Rabinovich

IntroductionIntroduction

Do you know anything Do you know anything about the flamingo? about the flamingo? The flamingo is a very The flamingo is a very interesting creature. interesting creature. You will learn about You will learn about where it lives, about where it lives, about its eating habits, and its eating habits, and about its wacky body about its wacky body features.features.

Eating HabitsEating Habits

The eating habits of a The eating habits of a flamingo are very flamingo are very cool! Did you know cool! Did you know that the flamingo uses that the flamingo uses its beak to strain its its beak to strain its food and drinks such food and drinks such as water? as water? Flamingoes love to Flamingoes love to eat shrimp. It’s eat shrimp. It’s practically all they eat!practically all they eat!

Body FeaturesBody FeaturesDo you know anything Do you know anything about a flamingo’s body about a flamingo’s body features? The flamingo’s features? The flamingo’s leg is tucked into its body. leg is tucked into its body. The reason is that the The reason is that the flamingo has the ability to flamingo has the ability to have half of its body go to have half of its body go to sleep. You probably sleep. You probably already knew this, but already knew this, but flamingoes often stand on flamingoes often stand on one leg. The flamingo one leg. The flamingo also has webbed feet so also has webbed feet so it can stand in the water. it can stand in the water. Isn’t that cool?Isn’t that cool?

Where They LiveWhere They LiveDo you where flamingoes Do you where flamingoes live? These magnificent live? These magnificent creatures in all sorts of creatures in all sorts of places. They live in Asia, places. They live in Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, Africa, Southern Europe, and many other places. and many other places. They also live in They also live in grasslands and wetlands grasslands and wetlands around the world.around the world.

ConclusionConclusion

All in all, flamingoes All in all, flamingoes are as cool as the are as cool as the colors on a Monarch colors on a Monarch butterfly. I never butterfly. I never knew I could learn so knew I could learn so much about one much about one animal. Do you like animal. Do you like flamingoes?flamingoes?

SourcesSources

Flamingoes by Lynn M. StoneFlamingoes by Lynn M. Stone www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/flamingoeswww.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/flamingoes