Flamingos why stand on one leg

According to Anderson, flamingos pull one leg up close to their body to conserve heat that might otherwise be lost while standing in cold water—not just in the Andes, but in the tropics, too, where even a slight drop in water temperature could mean big losses, due to the length of a flamingo leg.

Instead, they said, it appears that flamingos share a primitive feature also seen in whales and dolphins: the ability to shut down half the brain while sleeping. That keeps the underwater animals from drowning while asleep. And, standing on one leg would keep them from falling over and drowning, because flamingos—unlike ducks, for instance—have a build that lets them easily stand on one leg without losing their balance or having to harshly angle their knee or ankle joints.

Hallager says it may all be overthinking—or, that at the very least, scientists have a lot more studies to go before they can say the issue is settled. It's your turn to Ask Smithsonian. When not chasing down a story from our nation's capital, she takes in the food, music and culture of southwest Louisiana from the peaceful perch of her part-time New Orleans home.

Flamingos pull one leg up close to their body to conserve heat—not just in the Andes, but in the tropics, too, where even a slight drop in water temperature could mean big heat losses. It's likely the behavior also reduces the birds' exposure to things like fungus and parasites in the water. I mean, Namaste. One reason that flamingos stand on one leg is maybe the water is colder on one side of the water than the other so the pick up their leg and bring it to their body to keep it warm.

Since they expose all of the skin on their legs, it stays very cold. My opinion on this article is that it is very interesting and i have always been interested in flamingos. One reason flamingos stand on one leg is because,"When the temperatures are on the colder side. I always wondered why flamingos do that, which is cool now i know. One reason that flamingos stand on one leg is because it helps them maintain there body heat when the weather is cold or the water is cold so it would definately would make sense to do so as it states in paragraphfour and five "What they found is that flamingos tend to do a lot more one-legged lounging when they are standing in water.

Flamingos stand on one leg because of the water temperature. The flamingos have to maintain their body temperature by keeping one leg in the water and still staying balanced.

This article is interesting because i think flamingos are fascinating animals and they are one of my favorite animals. One reason flamingos stand on one leg is to keep warm. This keeps it toasty warm. It is likely the behavior also reduces the birds' exposure to things like fungus and parasites in the water.

I mean, Namaste. They do this to keep their body heat which keeps them toasty. According to the article "flamingos do a lot of one leg standing especially in the water". They stand one one leg in the water because they have bare skin. So they bring there other foot up and put in there fur to keep it "nice and toasty" according to the article. This is one reason why flamingos stand on one leg and there is a lot more about flamingos. Flamingos stand on one leg to keep the other one warm.