Flamingos By Wendy Eldred
Table of Contents • • • • •
Introduction……………………………..1 Characteristics…………………………..2 Habitat…………………………………3 Diet………………………………………..4 About the Author……………………….5
Introduction • In this book you will learn about flamingos.These amazing creatures are very interesting.So lets start!
Characteristics • There are five different kinds of flamingos the lesser the greater the Andean, the Chilean and the Puna. Flamingos can stand on one leg with their other one under their belly it helps them stay warm they even sleep like that.If it looks as if flamingos can bend their knees back they can’t their knees are hidden by feathers its their ankles.
Habitat • Flamingos like hot places. They live in warm, salty lagoons and lakes. But they need fresh water for drinking and bathing.
Diet • . • What flamingos eat makes them pink.When flamingos eat their heads are completely upside down underwater then it scoops up water in its beak the water contains a lot of algae.The food of a flamingo is full of carotene which acts like a red die.
About The Author • Hello my name is Wendy Eldred. I am 7 years old. I really like cats, I have 1. I rote this book hoping you would enjoy learning about flamingos.