Baby Flamingo at SeaWorld Orlando
Walker is a four-week-old Caribbean flamingo at SeaWorld Orlando. He eats fish, krill, hard boiled eggs, and cereal. When he matures, he’ll also eat a special formula made just for flamingos. At three years, he’ll develop the characteristic bright pink plumage. The coloring results from eating carotenoid pigments found in a variety of plant and animal life.
For more info, see Seaworld.org.
(Photos by Jason Collier/SeaWorld Orlando)
Tags: Baby Animals, flamingos, seaworld orlando, walker, zoos
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June 27th, 2009 at 12:26 am
I never knew baby flamingos weren’t pink. This little guy/girl is pretty cute white though.
If they don’t receive a proper diet, do they still become bright pink eventually or turn a different color?
June 29th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
@astrohater, my understanding is no, they wouldn’t turn pink if they didn’t ingest the pigments from their diets. However, I think if they didn’t receive proper nutrition, they might not live long enough to test the theory.