Busy but Ok thanks Kirsty, kids are great so that's half the battle!My feet are really sore lyn
How is work now your back?
COLD DARK ROOM
- Thread starter Tidgy's Dad
- Start date
Now, THIS I happen to know! The pigments in the crustaceans they eat turn their feathers pink! Otherwise they'd be white. The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans just puts powders of that pigment in their "flamingo kibble" to turn them pink. I guess it's too much hassle or expense to grow enough crustaceans to feed them!
FYI: when Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans, the staff put all the flamingos in the men's toilet area! The building is brick and stood up to the storm: all the flamingos were fine, if a bit bemused!
I'm just glad I wasn't the one to clean out that room! Perhaps the storm should have been called Hurricane Latrine-a instead!
Such a rewarding job you have lyn!
I done work experience in a nursery when I was 16 and I loved it. Was so tired by the end of the night though
Yes it is tiring being but most of the kids make it worth while.Such a rewarding job you have lyn!
I done work experience in a nursery when I was 16 and I loved it. Was so tired by the end of the night though
Shrimps? I don't know what they eat haha
Because of the food they eat
ahhh!! seen this but can't remember answer
What a lot of shrimps.
The actual source is blue-green algae which contain canthaxanthin a pink pigment.
Some brine shrimps eat these blue-greens too, so they do help turn the flamingos pink when eaten, but they are not the direct source.
Flamingos that eat mostly shrimps are less pink than those who eat more blue-green algae. (which aren't algae, by the way.)
They are naturally grey as someone (meech?) mentioned, extra points.
In zoos they are fed artificial colourants or prawns to make them pink, or they become grey.
Still me.
That made me laugh.Now, THIS I happen to know! The pigments in the crustaceans they eat turn their feathers pink! Otherwise they'd be white. The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans just puts powders of that pigment in their "flamingo kibble" to turn them pink. I guess it's too much hassle or expense to grow enough crustaceans to feed them!
FYI: when Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans, the staff put all the flamingos in the men's toilet area! The building is brick and stood up to the storm: all the flamingos were fine, if a bit bemused!
I'm just glad I wasn't the one to clean out that room! Perhaps the storm should have been called Hurricane Latrine-a instead!
Good thinking on the part of staff though.
You're most welcome.
But everyone's welcome here.
i'm very glad you decided to join in, though.
Hurrrahhhh!!!!!
Wifey and I have decided not to tell Tidgy about this aggressive behaviour.
Careful of other torts that may carry pathogens.
Got ambushed by a student.
She had arranged to come but I forgot and wifey hadn't written it in the diary, so it came as a surprise.
Was teaching literary criticism, namely Russian formalism, New Criticism (which is old) and Structuralism .
Good lesson, very enjoyable, bit of Shakespeare and Wordsworth as examples.
Anytime, if you assk nicely.
And here.
They put them in ponds or fountains and wonder why they die.
Very sad and stupid but I don't suppose they know any better.
Moving is one of the most stressful things a person can put themselves through.Hi all!!
Just a flying visit to say hello and hope everybody is doing well.
My house move has been horrific! The people that stayed here before left pretty much all of their furniture and I need to wait until next week before the Charity van can pick it up! In the mean time I've been trying to sell off as much as I can which has been helpful for the back pocket
So I have also ripped out the fireplace, moved all the furniture to the garage (with my fiancé's help!), cleaned the house top to bottom, ripped off the daedo rail(or whatever it's called!) and removed the non edible tortoise flowers out the back garden - well the ones I know aren't tortoise friendly anyway. There are some more though I need to find out about - watch out for the post!
My fiancé is currently plastering the living room and I've had no TV or broadband for a week
Other than that it's all good!
i've done it lots, though i hate it, I love living in different places.
Thanks for popping in and good luck with everything.
Worth points for being interesting, as always, Bea.Now, THIS I happen to know! The pigments in the crustaceans they eat turn their feathers pink! Otherwise they'd be white. The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans just puts powders of that pigment in their "flamingo kibble" to turn them pink. I guess it's too much hassle or expense to grow enough crustaceans to feed them!
FYI: when Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans, the staff put all the flamingos in the men's toilet area! The building is brick and stood up to the storm: all the flamingos were fine, if a bit bemused!
I'm just glad I wasn't the one to clean out that room! Perhaps the storm should have been called Hurricane Latrine-a instead!
No, but i do what i can.
Wibble
Wibble!
