I heard it was because, if they didn’t stand on it, they’d fall!
by 1389AD ( 154 Comments › )
Filed under Open thread, Science at February 4th, 2014 - 8:00 pm
Published on Jan 23, 2014 by SciShow
Quick question: why do flamingos stand on one leg? Hank explains as quickly as he can!
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Sources:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19637281
http://www.livescience.com/5732-flamingos-stand-leg.html
http://mentalfloss.com/article/31117/why-do-flamingos-stand-one-leg
Tags: birds, Open thread
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