Pink Blanket Of Flamingos, Rift Valley Lakes, Nakuru Lake National Park, Kenya

The first flamingo hatched in a European zoo was a Chilean Flamingo at Zoo Basel (Switzerland) in 1958. Since then, over 389 flamingos grew up in Basel and were distributed to other zoos around the globe.
Relationship with humans
• In Ancient Rome, flamingo tongues were considered a delicacy. Also, Andean miners have killed flamingos for their fat, believed to be a cure for tuberculosis.