Having grown to appreciate the hadeda ibis despite its claim to be the loudest bird in Africa when living on the Highveld in South Africa – a greyish bird with subdued iridiscent purple feathers – I was stunned to see its more flamboyant relative in the Worms Zoo.
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Wow! Camouflage not an option here.
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I read up a bit about this after your remark and I could only find “stands out against the lush green of its habitat”. So, I guess there are not many predators …
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Well, I wouldn’t eat it.
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True. And same.
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a bird I have always wanted to see
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Find the right zoo! (I don’t think I’ll have the chance to see it in the wild.)
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yeah I don’t think I will either, but you never know
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Like Becky said, I do as well want to see one
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My answer is the ame.
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Flamboyant indeed!
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What an amazing bird. Can’t help but wonder what the evolutionary track was to get so flamboyant. It practically glows.
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Maybe just being attractive to the hens. And no predators with good colour vision. But it makes one wonder.
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Oh, the colour stems from its diet, similar to pink flamingoes.
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Cherries only?
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