Why flamingos are pink?

Answer 1

b/c they eat shrimp

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 and is more desirable as a mate. A white or pale flamingo, however, is usually unhealthy or suffering from a lack of food.

Answer 3

Feather color varies with species, ranging from pale pink to crimson or vermilion. Caribbean flamingos have the brightest coloration: crimson or vermilion. The Chilean flamingo is pale pink.
A flamingo's pink or reddish feather color comes from its diet, which is high in alpha and beta-carotene. People eat beta-carotene when they eat carrots.

Answer 4

Flamingos eat krill and other crustaceans rich in beta-carotene, which is also found in carrots. If you ate nothing but carrots, you too would turn orange or a shade of pink.

Answer 5

The flamingo's pink or reddish feather color comes from its diet, which is high in alpha and beta-carotene. People eat beta-carotene when they eat carrots

Answer 6

Because of the color of fish they eat (usually tuna). If you change a flamingo's diet, they won't be pink anymore.

Answer 7

From the type of shrimp that they eat, which is a mainstay of their diet.

Answer 8

becasue the food they eat turn them pink

Answer 9

Their diet (shellfish and shrimp) causes this.

Answer 10

It has to do with their diet.