Cos their diet
consists of shrimp.
or somesuch pink goodness
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dirty barry,
Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:26,
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nearly there.
The brine shrimp they feed off in the wild are full of hematite, and other iron compounds. Chester zoo has a bunch of grey flamingoes, and they dont half look dull.
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Dr Nick Riviera's old profile has dissapeared again.,
Wed 30 Jul 2003, 13:28,
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Bet you didn't know
that the victorians used to feed flamingoes blue food colouring.....
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Dan Jaw,
Wed 30 Jul 2003, 17:05,
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