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Undertoad 07-02-2004 11:22 AM

7/2/2004: Flamingo chick
 
http://cellar.org/2004/flamingochick.jpg

A newborn Caribbean flamingo chick sticks its head out of its mother's plummage Monday, June 28, 2004, at the San Diego Zoo. The San Diego Zoo is celebrating the birth of several flamingos, marking the first hatching in several years. The Zoo's flamingo lagoon recently underwent a major renovation thanks to a donation from Audrey Geisel and the Dr. Seuss Foundation. In honor of Geisel's support, the zoo has named the first-born flamingo chick 'Audrey.'

Looks like it doesn't have any coloration yet... I'd always heard that they had to eat shells in order to get that pink color, was that just an old wives tale?

LabRat 07-02-2004 11:30 AM

i don't know if it's shells or not, but i do know that they get their coloring from their food. i'll look up a link...
http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Fl...fphysical.html

Karenv 07-02-2004 12:05 PM

Flamingo color
 
It comes from the carotenoid pigments (like the pigments of carrots) in the algae and small crustaceans that the birds eat. (Remember one source of beta-carotene is bluegreen algae).

See http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-flamingo.html from the San Diego zoo.

Guess 07-02-2004 12:21 PM

it's Audrey II!!!
"Feed me Seymour!!"

Kitsune 07-02-2004 01:48 PM

http://www.saalbach.sbg.at/lift/images/flamenco.jpg

Flamenco Chick?

Oh, this isn't an "association" thread? Damn.

chucknoblet 07-02-2004 02:56 PM

Ferrigno Chic?
http://www.dynamicforces.com/images/ferrigno1.jpg

xoxoxoBruce 07-02-2004 05:01 PM

Wecome to the Cellar, Chuck. Been hulking around?:)

chucknoblet 07-02-2004 05:03 PM

i check the daily pic ... daily.

richlevy 07-02-2004 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kitsune
http://www.saalbach.sbg.at/lift/images/flamenco.jpg

Flamenco Chick?

Oh, this isn't an "association" thread? Damn.

Darn it! You beat me to it.;)

jojomonkeygirl 07-03-2004 11:28 AM

ya'll are wacked :)

Katkeeper 07-03-2004 12:45 PM

The image would make a great Mother's Day picture.


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