Flamingos

Where can flamingos NOT live?

• South America and Africa

• Asia, North America, and Europe

• Tropical and subtropical parts of the world

• Mountains and cold places

Why are flamingos pink?

• They eat lots of small shrimp and other crustaceans

• They eat lots of algae

• Carotenoids in their food give them color

• All of the above

Can flamingos fly?

• Yes

• No

Why do flamingos have such long legs and necks?

• To find food in different depths of water

• To stir up food from the lake's muddy bottom

• To filter out food with their bristly tongue and lamellae

• All of the above

Do flamingos prefer living in small groups or in large groups?

• Small groups

• Large groups

Where would you find a flamingo's lamellae?

• On its feet

• On its neck

• On its beak

• On the back of its body

In which country would you be most likely to see a wild flamingo?

• England

• Canada

• Dominican Republic

• The Arctic

Match each vocabulary word from the article with the correct definition.

• main food for flamingos

• Elevations

• to move

• Lagoons

• height

• Migrate

• used by zoos to trick flamingo

• Mirrors

• a small body of water

• Shrimp

What color is a baby flamingo when it's born?

Sometimes people put up ​ (a)   flamingos in their yards. Real flamingos live in lakes and ​ (b)   Baby flamingos are born ​ (c)   but due to their ​ (d)   they turn pink as adults. Flamingos are very ​ (e)   birds.

• plastic
• lagoons.
• gray,
• diet,
• social
• solitary
• black
• ponds