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All About Flamingos

12/7/2014

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What animal has long legs? Here’s a hint: It turns pink as it grows up. If you guessed a flamingo you’re right! Flamingos are amazing animals with all sorts of things for you to learn about them. I’m going to tell you about the type of animal they are, their size, its food their predator and their special features and finally their life cycle.
The first thing I want you to know is the type of animal a flamingo is. A flamingo is a bird, that means it is covered in feathers. They are social animals. That means they live in groups called colonies. A colony can have thousands of members. There are three main types of flamingos. The greater, the lesser and the Chilean.
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Flamingos are medium sized animals. They can be three to five feet tall, which is the same as 150 centimeters. That is tall for a bird! They are tall because of their long legs. Their long legs let them go into deeper water than most birds. Their wingspan varies and is between 39 and 65 inches depending on the species.

A flamingo lives in a special habitat. Their habitat is usually muddy. The first place a flamingo lives is in lakes that have little movement in the water. They also live in marshes. A marsh is a soggy, muddy piece of land. That is a perfect place for a flamingo's nest since they make their nests out of mud. 

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Flamingos have many special features. They have long legs to go into deep water, their bills are curved and they have combs to strain the water, mud or sand from their food. The feathers on a flamingo are not naturally pink. The white feathers they are born with change colors because of the pink shrimp they eat. Flamingos in Africa have black tipped feathers, this helps to camouflage them from their predators. Flamingos have webbed feet like a duck to help them in the water.

Flamingos have a unique life cycle. The female lays egg in their nest and after about 30 days the egg hatches. Young flamingos leave the nest after about 5 days, forming small groups to live in until they are two weeks old. They keep going back to the nest to eat from their parents. Then they learn to find food on their own creche or group. Flamingos can live 20-30 years in the wild. If you want to learn more about Flamingos try observing them in their natural habitat or your local zoo. Luckily flamingos are not endangered as of now, but they could be at any time, so be sure to help keep lakes and nature clean. 

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7 Comments
Mom and Dad
12/8/2014 00:56:42

Great job Braylin. We are so proud of everything you have done and overcame this year. We are so glad you have found a way to express your creativity and love of animals. Keep chugging along you are a fantastic writer and story teller.

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Nikki Thurman
12/8/2014 09:42:09

Terrific job! You definitely have excellent writing skills and I wish you lots of success in all of your future adventures.

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Jenny Basil
12/8/2014 11:25:15

Wonderful job, Braylin! I learned a lot of new facts about flamingos that I can share with my students! Keep up the great writing! :)

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Faye Seaton
12/8/2014 20:25:38

I enjoyed your information about the flamingo,s thank you for sharing it .It is so pleasing to read the stories about the young children of today ,s generation taking so much interest in wildlife and nature .Your input is very important to all,I wish you well in all you do .

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Angela Fullerton link
12/9/2014 04:32:06

What an AWESOME job you did with this article. I really enjoyed it and I can tell you put a lot of effort into it. Thank you! -Angela

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Beverly Bravo
12/9/2014 23:43:25

Thanks for teaching me more about flamingoes!

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Uma K
12/11/2014 00:48:30

Great writing! Thank you for sharing this informative, interesting article. I'm so glad to know you are well again after being in the hospital. I would love to hear more sometime about Parker and your experience with a therapy dog. Again, really nice post. Keep up the excellent work.

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    I am a 4th grader from Portland, Oregon. I love my pets and going to the dairy farm to see my brother's cow. I really love living in the Pacific Northwest, we have a lot of wildlife all  around us and it is really beautiful. 
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    Recently I got really sick and had to spend over five weeks in the hospital because I needed a liver transplant. While I was there I had a therapy dog named Parker visit me. He helps kids so they don't feel scared and it worked! Now I have a new liver and am able to do just about anything again so I spend a lot of time acting and writing. .  I hope to someday be a famous actress and to help other sick kids with my own therapy dog.
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