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Why flamingoes stand on one leg
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| 13 August 2009
| Matt Walker
Posted on 08/17/2009 9:50:56 AM PDT by JoeProBono
It is one of the simplest, but most enigmatic mysteries of nature: just why do flamingoes like to stand on one leg? The question is asked by zoo visitors and biologists alike, but while numerous theories abound, no-one has yet provided a definitive explanation. Now after conducting an exhaustive study of captive Caribbean flamingoes, two scientists believe they finally have the answer. Flamingoes stand on one leg to regulate their body temperature, they say.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: flamingo; flamingoes; leg
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To: Dacula
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08/17/2009 10:18:34 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I couldn’t get to sleep last night wondering...
To: JoeProBono
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08/17/2009 10:34:46 AM PDT
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stormer
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
after the bird flu....
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08/17/2009 12:59:18 PM PDT
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bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . fasl el-khitab)
To: JoeProBono
FLAMING GO - flamingo
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08/17/2009 1:29:50 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: DieHard the Hunter
Ducks also will stand on one leg. I think it is just a bird thing.
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08/17/2009 1:32:02 PM PDT
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Ditter
To: Daffynition
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08/17/2009 1:35:49 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Yardstick
"sweep the leg"
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08/17/2009 1:56:10 PM PDT
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WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: DieHard the Hunter
Several species of gull will also (at least sometimes) stand on one leg.
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08/17/2009 2:04:27 PM PDT
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ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: JoeProBono
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08/17/2009 2:07:00 PM PDT
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ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: JoeProBono
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08/17/2009 5:54:07 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: Daffynition
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08/17/2009 6:03:40 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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08/17/2009 6:16:51 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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