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In the media and fiction, plastic flamingos are often used as a symbol of kitsch, bad taste and cheapness. The movie Pink Flamingos is named after them and helped them become an icon of trash and kitsch. In 2009, the city of Madison, Wisconsin, Common Council designated the plastic flamingo as the city's official bird. [5]
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The pink or reddish color of flamingos comes from carotenoids in their diet of animal and plant plankton. American flamingos are a brighter red color because of the beta carotene availability in their food while the lesser flamingos are a paler pink due to ingesting a smaller amount of this pigment.
Though these early candy canes weren't striped but rather all white sticks, the choirmaster did bend the candy into the shape of a shepherd's staff as a nod to the religious story told.
The Paignton Zoo has a lot to celebrate after their first successful Flamingo egg hatching since 2018, thanks to a same-sex couple. On August 12, 2024, the Paignton Zoo shared an update on its ...
Why does "Pink flamingos" redirect here instead of to "Plastic flamingo". Isn't pink flamingo a band name of the plastic ones, and does anyone call the bird a "pink flamingo"? 65.65.230.52 ( talk ) 14:30, 26 February 2009 (UTC) [ reply ]
The Florida Flamingos Working Group has focused on helping flamingos recover in Florida for several years. Flamingos, in turn, have stepped up. They’ve returned to Florida, hopefully for good ...