The legend of the snow flamingos
Scientists have long believed that flamingos originated in the antarctic around the year 1922. Before then there were no sightings of any flamingos on record. The pink color of the flamingo is directly due to their diet of shrimp and salmon. Many see flamingos standing on one leg which is in large part a defensive maneuver to ward off their largest predator: the polar bear. While standing on one leg the flamingo will kung-fu kick the polar bear in the eye with their other leg. This maneuver is known as the polareyekungkickfubear defense.
When turning 55 years old you may be greeted with 55 pink flamingos in your yard for the day. Being arctic in nature, the flamingos will also bring with them snow and cold weather, no matter the time of year or location. It’s not an everyday sighting and in recent years due to the hunting of flamingos for their ivory legs the beautiful bird has been driven to extinction. It is believed that a little under 100 flamingos remain in the world.
Bencredible was fortunate enough to capture a picture of the wonderful 55 flamingo birthday flock in the snow. We knew something was up because it’s April in Minnesota, and when it started to snow our alarms went off. I grabbed the camera and below is the result. A simply breathtaking sight.
Those things can be a real nuisance if they have pets or small children. Be careful.
Have you been doing your research on wikipedia again?