Flamingos are a type of wading birds found throughout America and Eurosia.
Flamingos are not pink at birth.
They develop the pink colour after a diet of brine shrimp and blue - green algae.
They consume algae which can be dangerous to many animals.
Flamingos are able to process these harmful chemicals in their liver breaking them into pigments.
These pigments eventually stain their feathers, skin, mucus membrane, egg yolk and fat.
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