A flamingo looks like a bird cooked up by an exuberant preschooler—absurdly long legs, knobby ankles (that ... turn gray—and later take their pink color from aqueous bacteria and beta-carotene ...

and they’re famous for their pink color and how they stand on one leg. There are five different species of flamingo, one of which is the Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis), which is ...