What makes flamingos pink in color?
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A flamingo's diet primarily consists of aquatic organisms -- such as shrimp and algae -- high in pigments called carotenoids. Carotenoids are the same pigments that cause shrimp to turn from gray to pink when they're boiled.
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A flamingo's diet primarily consists of aquatic organisms -- such as shrimp and algae -- high in pigments called carotenoids. Carotenoids are the same pigments that cause shrimp to turn from gray to pink when they're boiled.
