The Tacky History of the Pink Flamingo

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Many years ago, I was a Busch Gardens admiring the flamingo enclosure, when I noticed one flamingo repeatedly tapping her beak against a downspout on one of the buildings.

A ranger was standing there and I asked him what the flamingo was doing. He said that for the third year in a row, that one thought that the downspout was her baby and she was trying to get it to eat. Apparently, mama 'mingos tap their babies with their beaks to stimulate them to eat. He said she seemed to be happy so they didn't interfere.

Question: Why do flamingos stand on one foot?

Answer: Because if they pulled up the other one, they'd fall down.

Badda-boom.....
 

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