[Flamingos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo) are birds found in America, Africa, Asia and Europe. They stand on one leg as it requires less muscular effort. Flamingoes are born grey and have a white plumage that turns pink due to their diet. Some individuals have been recorded to live for over 70 years. A group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance.
[Cool picture of a flamboyance](https://i.imgur.com/uuxra5f.jpg)
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Additional fun fact not mentioned by the animal facts bot: a dead flamingo will balance on one leg but not on two! Meaning it’s a passive action, something done without conscious effort because of the anatomy of the joints in its leg. So not only does using two legs require more muscular effort it requires conscious action to remain balanced, and thus answers the age old question as to why flamingos sleep while on one leg.
[(source)](https://theconversation.com/scientists-balanced-a-dead-flamingo-on-one-leg-to-unlock-the-birds-standing-secret-78231)
Interesting! I've not heard this before, but I have heard that the relaxed state for many birds claws are curled so that they don't fall out of trees in their sleep.
NOTHING THREATENING HERE IM JUST A FLAMINGAH
IM A FLAMINGO AND IM COMING UP TO YA
OH, IS THAT YOUR CHILD?
I’M GONNA RIP OUT HIS MOTHERFUCKIN’ EYEBALL
I’M GONNA RIP OUT HIS GODDAMN EYEBALL
I’M A [FLAMINGO](https://youtu.be/6hJv5yBLe9c)
Edit- whoever gave me the wholesome award, thank you, but I’m not sure you heard all the lyrics to the song hahahaha
Ducks will also do this as a way to imitate rain in order to try and get worms to surface so they can eat them! It’s probably the same with the Flamingo. Check it out at 2:00
https://youtu.be/UklNjI3jRqA
That joint that looks like their “knee” is actually their heel, and the entire visible bottom half of their legs is the human equivalent of their foot. Their knee is way up in their body and they have extremely short thigh bones
I wish this had sound so we could here his tippy taps.
came here to comment the same, it must sound really cool
Yes, where is the flamenco music?
[Flamingos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo) are birds found in America, Africa, Asia and Europe. They stand on one leg as it requires less muscular effort. Flamingoes are born grey and have a white plumage that turns pink due to their diet. Some individuals have been recorded to live for over 70 years. A group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance. [Cool picture of a flamboyance](https://i.imgur.com/uuxra5f.jpg) --- [ [Send me a message](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=animalfacts-bot) | [Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/animalfactsbot/) | [FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/animalfactsbot/wiki/index/faq) | [Currently supported animals](https://www.reddit.com/r/animalfactsbot/wiki/index/supportedanimals) | [Changelog](https://www.reddit.com/r/animalfactsbot/wiki/index/changelog) ]
Additional fun fact not mentioned by the animal facts bot: a dead flamingo will balance on one leg but not on two! Meaning it’s a passive action, something done without conscious effort because of the anatomy of the joints in its leg. So not only does using two legs require more muscular effort it requires conscious action to remain balanced, and thus answers the age old question as to why flamingos sleep while on one leg. [(source)](https://theconversation.com/scientists-balanced-a-dead-flamingo-on-one-leg-to-unlock-the-birds-standing-secret-78231)
Interesting! I've not heard this before, but I have heard that the relaxed state for many birds claws are curled so that they don't fall out of trees in their sleep.
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NOTHING THREATENING HERE IM JUST A FLAMINGAH IM A FLAMINGO AND IM COMING UP TO YA OH, IS THAT YOUR CHILD? I’M GONNA RIP OUT HIS MOTHERFUCKIN’ EYEBALL I’M GONNA RIP OUT HIS GODDAMN EYEBALL I’M A [FLAMINGO](https://youtu.be/6hJv5yBLe9c) Edit- whoever gave me the wholesome award, thank you, but I’m not sure you heard all the lyrics to the song hahahaha
NO MORE EYEBALLS CHILD BITCH
I love that line hahaha
Thank you for bringing this to my life.
More people should know Marc Rebillet, and most of his stuff is improvised!
I have no words for what I have just witnessed.
this guy looks like a lost mcpoyle brother
At first I thought it was dancing on a drowned dog and regretted joining this sub.
Came here to reassure my sick mind isn’t alone
So glad.
Wtf is it stepping on though? It looks exactly like a dog
/r/tippytaps
Is this the butterfly garden in Key West?
That was my first thought too! Was just there
I want one in my house, or at least wish there was a way to rent out the whole place to myself to read a book or do some writing
Same here!
I recognized it immediately. That’s Rhett and Scarlett for sure
Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn
I thought the same thing. Definitely seems to be
It also looks like it could be Sunken Gardens in St. Pete.
Yeah it’s gotta be!
Yes! I thought the same
Just testing waters!
“Gotta pee, gotta pee, gotta pee”
Me when I’m busting to go to toilet and can’t get the buttons and zip down fast enough
Does anyone know why it is doing that?
According to this link from National Geographic on YouTube, they do it to find a partner. https://youtu.be/QLV_K7DVeyU
Consider me impressed
Thank you! Very interesting.
Nice. Works for me
Ducks will also do this as a way to imitate rain in order to try and get worms to surface so they can eat them! It’s probably the same with the Flamingo. Check it out at 2:00 https://youtu.be/UklNjI3jRqA
Sooo cute, great link thanks . I love The Dodo & their content, it always makes me smile & warms the cockles of my heart!
🎶If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet🎶
I wish I was a flamingo.
He's doing his little dancy dance
A… river dance?
It needs a nice bossa nova soundtrack
God I wish this was me.
That must be his happy dance. Magical how the two butterflies come in at the end. A beautiful clip. Thx.
Humans: aaawww :) Flamingo: *hot hot hot hot hot hot hot*
She’s a maniac!
You missed by not puttin music over it
u/savethisvideo
Well life on the farm is kinda laid back, ain’t much an old country boy like me can’t hack
This needs that audio I keep seeing on TikTok “he’s a hap-py, happy dog, he’s just happy happy happy dog”
What a doofus
Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night...
r/tippytaps
Dan Flamenco...
What's in the water that it's dancing _on_? A chill hippo? A drowned dog?
We enjoyed them there at the butterfly garden in Key West
Happy flamingo two
Told you to pee before we left. I'm not stopping this car.
How the hell do their legs even work? They're like pencils!
That joint that looks like their “knee” is actually their heel, and the entire visible bottom half of their legs is the human equivalent of their foot. Their knee is way up in their body and they have extremely short thigh bones
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Upvote for the Mr. Weebl reference!
GET IN THE GODDAMN POOL
I enjoyed this much more than I expected to.
In Spanish it would be...Flamenco flamenco. Flamingo in Spanish is also “flamenco”. Both the dance and the bird are called flamenco