why are flamingo feathers pink?

Answer 1

It's because of what they eat - the shellfish are pink and they actually color the feathers of the birds.

Answer 2

Young flamingos hatch with grey plumage, but the feathers of an adult range from light pink to bright red, due to carotenoids obtained from their food supply. A flamingo that is well fed and healthy is vibrantly coloured bright pink or red. The pinker a flamingo is, the more desirable it is as a mate. A white or pale flamingo, however, is usually unhealthy or suffering from a lack of food. Notable exceptions are the flamingos in captivity, many of which turned a pale pink as they are not fed foods containing sufficient amounts of carotene. This is changing as more zoos begin to add shrimp and other supplements to the diets of their flamingos. All flamingos have 12 black flight feathers in each wing.

Answer 3

For the same reason flamingoes are pink.

Answer 4

They are a greyish brown when first born, then change to a pinkish becuase of the food they eat. This site will explain it in more detail

http://www.byzantinecommunications.com/adamhoward/homework/gradeschool/flamingos.html

Answer 5

When they eat shrimp the color of the shrimp goes to their feathers.

Answer 6

They Are pink because they eat pink shimp. I don't know where I learned this.

Answer 7

because they eat a type of shrimp. that makes them pink.

Answer 8

Because of the food they eat.

Answer 9

Because all they eat is shrimp. You are what you eat so applies here.

Answer 10

because of the food they eat