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Reuters A Female Chilean Flamingo Tends to Two Eggs

Date: 18-Jul-08
Country: US
Author: Greg Neise-Lincoln Park Zoo Handout

A Female Chilean Flamingo Tends to Two Eggs Photo: Greg Neise-Lincoln Park Zoo Handout
Photo: Greg Neise-Lincoln Park Zoo Handout

This is the first time in the zoo's 140-year history that their flamingo flocks have laid eggs.

Chilean flamingos are a gregarious species of flamingo native to South America, and their conservation status is listed as near threatened and in need of protection.

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