Flamingo milk is similar to the milk we know in the nutrition it provides. But the big difference in what flamingos produce is the red color of the milk. This is because flamingo milk is loaded with red blood cells and includes the same pigment that gives the fowl a pink or reddish tint. It seems that there is nothing a flamingo does that doesn’t revolve around the color pink!

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The colouration of flamingos can vary because carotenoid levels in algae and crustaceans also vary across the world. Flamingo species found in the Caribbean are often bright red or orange, while those in drier areas tend to be paler pink in colour. Without a high enough concentration of beta carotene-rich food, the pink feathers would moult away and new paler feathers would start to grow. Another substitute is Kaytee Exact Handfeeding Formula which is available at pet stores. Some reviewers say this formula doesn’t offer the babies as well of a nutritional panel as RoudyBush, and the birds are often below the curve for weight. If it’s a matter of life or death for a squab, this is better than nothing. Ohno, Y.; Suto, S.; Yamanaka, M.; Mizutani, Y.; Mitsutake, S.; Igarashi, Y.; Sassa, T.; Kihara, A. ELOVL1 production of C24 acyl-CoAs is linked to C24 sphingolipid synthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2010, 107, 18439–18444. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] [ PubMed]