Mystery #1Tier 1animal colours
Why are flamingos a beautiful pink when their chicks hatch out grey?
A baby flamingo breaks out of its egg looking nothing like its parents: it is a fluffy ball of grey. Yet a few years later it stands tall in a coat of gorgeous pink. Nobody paints it, and it does not swap its grey feathers for pink ones overnight. So where does all that colour come from?
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What do you think turns a grey flamingo chick into a pink grown-up?
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