Why Do Flamingos Stand on One Leg?

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Science, Technology, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 9 November 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Spoiler alert: No one knows for sure! Learn a bit about how flamingos work, plus science's best hypotheses for why they often balance on one leg, in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/flamingos-stand-on-one-leg.htm

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