Why do flamingos stand on one leg?
By Julia Layton
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- Birds: Flamingo. San Diego Zoo. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-flamingo.html
- Flamingos. SeaWorld. http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Flamingos/home.html
- Standing on one leg. Dr. Reinhold Necker. http://www.reinhold-necker.de/seite11a.html
- Standing on one leg. Q&A - New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEEDA1330F932A3575BC0A96F948260
- Why do flamingos stand on one leg? Digger Doug - Discovery Magazine. http://www.discoverymagazine.com/digger/d01dd/d0107dd.html
- Why do flamingos stand on one leg? WiseGeek. http://www.wisegeek.com/why-do-flamingos-stand-on-one-leg.htm
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