Standing on one leg
The large group of flamingos will enchant you with their looks as soon as you enter the Flamingo Lagoon. Their magnificent shades of pink, their elegant bodies, and their geese-like calls will melt your heart. Take a seat on one of the little benches along the bank of the Lemur Kingdom and enjoy the view of the foraging flamingos that frequently retract a leg to warm up and rest.
Flamingos
Flamingos are very social animals. In nature, they often live in flocks that count thousands of animals. Flamingos are so perfectly attuned to each other that they do everything simultaneously. Take a good look at the flamingos and you will see them eating, resting or flying away when things become too exciting, all at the same time.
Where does the flamingo get its colour from?
Young flamingos are grey when they emerge from their egg. Flamingo chicks are fed crop milk, a pink liquid produced by their parents. This crop milk is rich in proteins and fats, and also contains important pigments (carotenoids). The pigments in the crop milk gradually causes the chicks’ feathers to turn pink. In addition, their pink colour is enhanced by their diet of algae and small crabs.
