So many chicks! 🦩 We are up to 14 lesser flamingo chicks that are being hand-reared here at the Zoo. In addition to feeding and caring for them each day, keepers take the baby birds out on walks behind-the-scenes to encourage proper growth and development and get a little exercise! | Fort Worth Zoo

Friday Flamingo Facts: Tiny but mighty! The Lesser Flamingo is the smallest of the world’s six flamingos species, but don’t let their size fool you. They thrive in environments that are deadly to most other animals! Lesser Flamingo Superpowers: 1. Inhabits caustic, highly alkaline lakes that would burn the skin of humans and other animals. 2. Lives in lake water that reaches temperatures of 140 degrees Fahrenheit. 3. Eats toxic cyanobacteria for breakfast. While cyanobacteria (or blue-green alga