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Greater Flamingos are birds native to Africa, southern Europe and the middle East. As the name suggests, they're the largest flamingo species. They stand up to 1.40 meters tall, most of which made up of their legs, and have a long neck. Well-fed flamingos are pink or red in colour, their bill has a black tip and their legs are entirely pink. Their flight feathers on their wings are black. The chicks are grey.

Flamingos live in mudflats and shallow coastal regions. They're filter feeders specialized in eating algae, shrimp, larvae and mollusks. Their uniquely shaped bill is used upside-down. As flamingos compete for food with fish, flamingos are only rarely found in lakes with a lot of fish. The carotene found within their food colours their otherwise pale-white feathers pink. A bright pink or even red flamingo is more attractive for potential mates as it indicates being well-nourished in the wild.

Flamingos are very social birds living in colonies that can count up to tens of thousands of individuals. They usually have a breeding ground where they compete for partners and nesting spots in the summer and move to a different spot to spend the winter months until they return for the next breeding season. Once a pair found a nesting spot, they will aggressively defend it. Both parents will build and protect the nest. Parents feed their offspring a crop milk produced in glands, which is different from a mammals milk.

Flamingo lay only one egg every breeding season. chicks leave their nest a week after hatching and explore their surroundings. Similar to penguins, the young form a crèche for protection. People long believed the parents would just feed any chick within the crèche, but they do actually call out and recognize their own offspring with calls and only feed it.

Kemono Friends' Greater Flamingo is aggressively pink, wearing a pink blazer with a pink scarf, pink tie, pink miniskirt, pink tights and pink hair. She played a minor role in the first stage play and was performed by Yulia Kohno. In pavilion, she's often seen standing on one leg in typical flamingo fashion. In her unique behavior, she strikes a few poses in between rapid spins as a performance on top of the heart-shaped stage.