Flamingos, known for being pink.

Famous for being on one leg.

Nobody thinks much about them, so let's have some fun.

Let's find out why flamingos are secretly incredibly fascinating. Hey there, folks. Hey there, Cipelopods. Welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is.

My name is Alex Schmidt and I'm not alone.

I'm joined by my co-host Katie Golden.

Katie!

Yes.

What is your relationship to or opinion of Flamingos?

I love them so much.

They're such weirdos.

Everything seems backwards and upside down with them.

Like their legs confuse me.

Their heads confuse me.

I think my first interaction with Flamingos like, some wall art in my pediatrician's

office when I was a kid of, like, a bunch of flamingos. I was like, I just assumed it was

abstract art. I was like, these animals don't exist. And then we went to the zoo. I'm like,

oh, my God, these animals exist. They're real. And they don't make any sense. I find their anatomy to be really funny and

interesting. And yeah, I'm excited because I feel like I know some stuff about flamingos,

but I am certainly not like a flamingo specific expert. So I am, I'm ready to learn.

Yeah. As folks know, I prep this show and also Katie has her

wonderful podcast creature feature all about animals and science. So she may have some stuff she knows,

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