1. What is the life span of the flamingo?
8 to 12 years
25 to 30 years
35 to 40 years

2. How many different species of flamingos are there?
2
11
5

3. How many cervical vertebrae are in a flamingo's neck?
7
19
10

4. What causes the flamingos feathers to have a pink coloration?
scientists do not know
eating carotinoid rich food
eating carrots

5. What do flamingos eat in the wild?
toads and fish
eggs of other flamingos
algae and crustaceans

6. We describe their style of eating as::
gorging
filter feeding
mud-sucking

7. Flamingos live together in:
flocks of about 100
small family groups
colonies numbering in the thousands

8. Where does the flamingo build its nest?
in a tree
in soda lakes
on river banks

9. Flamingos do not breed until what age?
3-4 years old
6 years old
12-13 years old

10. What color is a newly hatched flamingo?
pink
gray
white

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