Flamingos are born gray and develop their pink coloration from carotenoid pigments in their diet of shrimp and algae; however, mother flamingos sacrifice their own pink coloration by transferring these pigments into their crop milk to feed their chicks, causing them to turn white during the breeding season, which is a visible and measurable parental sacrifice that is reversible once the chick is weaned.
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The Hidden Cost of Flamingo Parenting 🦩 #facts追加:
Baby flamingos are born gray.
>> [music] >> Every pink feather they have comes from what they eat, shrimp, algae, tiny pink pigments hidden in their food.
>> [music] >> The more they consume, the brighter they become. But, here's the part most people don't know. When a mother flamingo [music] feeds her chicks, the pigment from her own feathers passes into the milk. Over weeks, [music] she turns white. It gives that color away for the ones it loves. Follow for more unbelievable animal facts.
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