Pretty in Pink Flamingo Greeters at San Diego Zoo

Flamingle with the San Diego Zoo's Flamboyance on Front Street. The flamingo’s pink or reddish color comes from the rich sources of carotenoid pigments (like the pigments of carrots) in the algae and small crustaceans the birds eat. We eat carotenoids, too, whenever we munch on carrots, beets, and certain other veggies, but not enough to turn us orange! American flamingos, a subspecies of greater flamingo featured in this video, are the brightest, showing their true colors of red, pink, or orange on their legs, bills, and faces.
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