Page 92 - The World of Animals

A PINK BIRD:

THE FLAMINGO

You have probably seen a long-necked,
long-legged pink bird on TV. This bird is called

the "flamingo". Flamingos leave their eggs in shallow muddy lakes.
What is interesting is that the female flamingo leaves her egg in the

nest she makes out of quick-drying mud.
Imagine yourself in the flamingo's shoes and assume that you want

to make a nest for yourself. You need primarily to discover which type
90 of mud dries more quickly and find where the young flamingo can

hatch more easily. Meanwhile, you need to find the answers to many
questions such as "is it better to put the egg under the sun or in the

shade?" However, each flamingo knows how to accomplish this.
Moreover, despite her long legs offering no comfort to her, she

incubates for a month and waits for her young to hatch.
If you were in her shoes, would you dare to sit on the egg with your

giant body? Could you estimate whether the egg would be broken, if
you sat on it? Surely, it would be very difficult for you to know all these

things. However, all flamingos estimate these things without planning
or trial and error because, they are taught so by their Lord.

Flamingos attract our attention with their eye-catching colours and
long necks, and they are also very good swimmers. Their webbed feet