stackyFACTSEverything you thought you knew about these aggressive pink lawn ornaments is an anatomical lie.
Everything you thought you knew about these aggressive pink lawn ornaments is an anatomical lie. What humans assume is a flamingo's backward-bending knee is actually its ankle joint. The bird's actual knee is located much higher up, hidden completely out of sight underneath its thick body feathers. When they strut around awkwardly, they are quite literally walking permanently on their tiptoes like very weird, aggressively pink ballerinas.
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