If you were flying over a body of water, looked down, and saw this, you probably wouldn’t know what to think. Until you either flew a little lower or got out some binoculars.
That’s exactly what happened over Lake Nakura in Kenya. When looking closer and closer, the reality of what was being seen was revealed. And it’s AWESOME.
It looks like a bubblegum-pink oil spill.
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But, no, it doesn’t look quite right.
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Wait…
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Are those…?
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It can’t be.
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YEP. They are.
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What you see is a colony of flamingos.
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Granted, an overwhelmingly large colony.
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What you might not know about flamingos is that sometimes they gather in colonies to sift for their favorite type of algae together in water. And sometimes there can be thousands or millions of these birds. Their sheer numbers will blow your mind.
And that’s what 1.5 million flamingos standing around together looks like. Share this article and impress your friends with your knowledge of pink birds.
