I have an aunt who is obsessed with flamingos. She was the kind of person who filled her yard in the 90s with the plastic variety. I knew them mostly for their smell. Because they congregate in rather large flocks, their pools tend to get a little smelly even before you toss in the buckets of krill.
Evolutionarily speaking, they’re pretty nuts. They’ve evolved to fill a very specific niche: standing in shallow water and eating upside down. If you ever get a chance to get close to one, they’re also one of the softest feeling things you will ever feel.
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