Flamingos get their pink color from the food they eat. Their diet is rich in “carotenoids,” which are natural pigments found in algae, shrimp, and the other tiny organisms they consume as part ...

Because of this, it’s an advantage for them to get their food from the water rather than from the land. This partly explains why they filter feed. As the name suggests, filter feeders get their ...

Ms Graham added: "In the wild, flamingos eat small crustaceans and other microscopic animals and plants by filter feeding whereas in zoos they eat a special flamingo diet that contains pigments ...