Flamingos create water vortices to capture prey (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Flamingos create water vortices to capture prey

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Flamingos feed by dragging their flattened beaks forward along the bottom of shallow lakes. To increase the efficiency of feeding, they stomp dance to churn the bottom, create an upwelling vortex with their heads and clap their beaks constantly to draw food, like brine shrimp, into their mouths.

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Aztli Ortega

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