Without the right diet — which means one rich in carotenoids, the plant-based pigments that make marigolds and other flowers so colorful and carrots orange and tomatoes red, etc. — they can be healthy but white! Their crimson color helps them fit in with the crowd, which protects them from predators. Here, a month-old Chilean flamingo chick -- which hatched on August 17 -- enjoys some crop milk courtesy of its father. Soon the chick will eat a diet of krill, a kind of small shrimp, and a nutritionally-complete food pellet. In the wild, they feed on algae and small crustaceans.
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