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from carotenoids in crustaceans's diet of animal and plant plankton
The pink or reddish color of flamingos comes from carotenoids in crustaceans's diet of animal and plant plankton.
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from carotenoid proteins in their diet
The pink color of flamingos comes from carotenoid proteins in their diet.
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from the shrimp they eat
Flamingos' pink color comes from the shrimp they eat.
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from beta carotene which is found in high numbers within the algae, that flamingos eat in their wetland environment larvae, and brine shrimp
The bright pink color of flamingos comes from beta carotene which is found in high numbers within the algae, larvae, and brine shrimp that flamingos eat in their wetland environment.
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Astaxanthin
Astaxanthin is the reason flamingos are pink (or at least flamingos in the wild; in the zoo they may be fed artificial dyes like farmed salmon–see my video Artificial Coloring in Fish).
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from the algae they eat
Flamingos are numerous in Africa and get their pink color from the algae they eat.
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