You are what you eat absolutely applies to flamingos, who get their bright pink color from the brine shrimp they feed on. | National Geographic TV

🦩 Flamingo sightings in the Florida Keys? Pretty rare… but pretty amazing! This beauty was spotted off Grassy Key feeding in the shallows. As you can see, flamingos eat with their heads upside down, using their beaks to filter out tiny shrimp, algae, and crustaceans from the water. And that diet is exactly what gives them their pink color: The pigments in the food they eat slowly turn their feathers from grey to shades of pink and coral! They may not visit often, but when they do, it’s always a