WHY ARE THEY PINK?

Aside from being colorful swimming pool inflatables, flamingos are wading birds who thrive in shallow water lakes throughout the world. There are six species in all, with two inhabiting Africa.

The pinkish color of Flamingo plumage comes from carotenoids in aquatic organisms such as brine Shrimp or cyanobacteria upon which the Birds feed, according to a 2015 study by Kyuung June Yim and colleagues.