ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION
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Question
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color of water they are around
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color of their main source of food
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color of grasses to hide in
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color of Florida
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Detailed explanation-1: -Carotenoids give carrots their orange color or turn ripe tomatoes red. They are also found in the microscopic algae that brine shrimp eat. As a flamingo dines on algae and brine shrimp, its body metabolizes the pigments-turning its feathers pink.
Detailed explanation-2: -The pink of their feathers, though it is their most famous quality, is not a hereditary trait. Flamingos are in fact born a dull gray.
Detailed explanation-3: -One such protein is the hotly sought after in biomedical research is Astaxanthin, also known for making Flamingo birds pink.
Detailed explanation-4: -Their color is an acquired trait. Pinker flamingos have eaten more of the diet that causes the color change. Whiter flamingos have eaten less of the diet that causes the birds to change color.
Detailed explanation-5: -Flamingos are born with gray plumage. They get their rosy hue pink by ingesting a type of organic pigment called a carotenoid. They obtain this through their main food source, brine shrimp, which feast on microscopic algae that naturally produce carotenoids.