John Burnside

What the flamingo teaches a child, at that subliminal level where animal encounters work, is that gravity is not just a limitation, but also a possible partner in an intriguing, potentially joyful game.

Scottish Writer

Jos Buttler

Innovation grabs the attention. You go back through the history of cricket and there are certain moments in time that grab you. Kevin Pietersen's flamingo shot was one of those.

English Athlete

Flamingos are often associated with tropical and subtropical environments, which can imply warmth or exoticism.

Habitat Reference

The pink color of flamingos is symbolic and can represent fun, playfulness, or flamboyance in different contexts.

Color Symbolism

A flamingo's shape is iconic and recognizable, useful in design and art as a representation of uniqueness or elegance.

Unique Silhouette

 fire extinguishers, laws, pigeons, bottles of beer, lemons and light bulbs; Pinot noir and paracetamol; ghosts, mosquitoes, flamingos, flowers, the ukulele, elevators and cats, cat videos, the internet; iron beams, buildings and batteries, all ingenuity and bright ideas, all known life

An ode to living on...

 Why? Because the tapeworm, like many other parasites, has a complicated life cycle involving many different hosts. The shrimp are just one step on its journey. Its ultimate destination is this, the greater flamingo. Only in a flamingo can the tapeworm reproduce,

Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...

 rounded the corner and saw the most amazing sight thousands and thousands of pink flamingos a literal pink carpet for as far as you could see that success he said look at their bellies pink they're feasting cheese thing let's totally

How I fell in love with...

 such large colonies safety and protection of course once they are safe and protected flamingos like these are free to devote their time to things like preening which is using their bills to distribute oil from a gland at the base

Giant Animal Swarms PIPE...

 He shook his head, no. He said, "We farm extensively, not intensively. This is an ecological network. The flamingos eat the shrimp. The shrimp eat the phytoplankton. So the pinker the belly,

Dan Barber: How I fell...

 residents the baboon's who live here all year round can't help to take notice of the sheer numbers of new arrivals some bad rumors have never seen as many flamingos

Baboon vs. Flamingos PIPE...

 times saltier than the sea along with brine flies they provide food for the real treasures of this alien landscape west indian flamingos

West Indian Flamingos...

 until now such an orchestrated attack on flamingos has rarely been witnessed or recorded the graceful wading birds become a

Baboon Attack! PIPE...

 the lesser flamingos it is the staff of life the powerful tongue pumps water like a piston the beak is a highly efficient

Flamingos of Bogoria PIPE...

 until now such an orchestrated attack on flamingos has rarely been witnessed or recorded