Amazing Flamingo Baby Boom Thanks To The Crazy Heatwave

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Aug 20, 2018 1:00 PM EDT

We might all be aware but just in case, this year's heatwave is scorching! And as we are heating up and racing for the AC every chance we get, something amazing has happened... Thanks to the crazy heatwave an unbelievable record number of flamingo chicks are being born in Spain and the U.K! 

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    Bird - The New York Times Following @nytimes Scorching temperatures have led to "a wonderful and welcome surprise" for flamingo caretakers at a UK wetlands reserve Amid Europe's Heat Wave, Rare Flamingos Lay First Eggs in 15 Years The eggs weren't viable, but officials at a wildlife reserve in Britain gave the tropical birds chicks from a related species to raise as their own. nytimes.com 9:00 AM -11 Aug 2018
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    Bird - David Beard Follow @dabeard Amid a heat wave in England, the first eggs in 15 years from a flock of rare flamingos nytimes.com/2018/08/11/wor @YonetteJo 2:58 PM-11 Aug 2018
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    Greater flamingo - Ron Brackett Follow @rontimes I bet the wildlife reserve is tickled pink over this flamingo news. England's Heat Wave Drives Rare Flamingos to Lay Eggs for First Time in 15... The last time the rare Andean flamingos at a British wildlife reserve laid eggs was in 2003. Record temperatures may have reminded them of their tropical home. weather.com 9:41 AM-12 Aug 2018
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    Pink - April Spivey Follow @a35362 U.K. heat wave triggers rare flamingos to lay eggs for the first time in 15 years po.st/kpOF8P via @Smithsonian Mag U.K. Heat Wave Triggers Rare Flamingos to Lay Eggs for the First Time in 15... None of the eggs were fertile, but conservation officials have hatched a plan to encourage the flamingos to breed again smithsonianmag.com 6:29 PM - 13 Aug 2018
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    Bird - Laurie Garrett Follow @Laurie_Garrett It's so hot in the UK this summer that the Gloucester flamingos have started to procreate. Before you say, "aaah," and get all googly about it, keep in mind, these are tropical birds. Tropical. #ClimateChangelsReal telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/0 Andean flamingos are fostering chicks after laying eggs for the first time in 15 years because of the heatwave CREDIT: WWT SLIMBRIDGE 1:19 PM 9 Aug 2018
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    Text - Sam Eifling Follow @SamEifling Whoever chose the colors on this Wikipedia map of flamingo distribution is a quiet hero 7:31 AM 10 Jul 2018
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    Flamingo - Blackpool Gazette BG Follow @The_Gazette LIVE: Watch Blackpool Zoo's newest flamingo hatch trib.al/ojwmMLj 6:15 AM - 26 Jun 2018
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    Bird - Eyewitness News Follow @ABC7NY abc7NY 'Fugitive' flamingo spotted in Texas after Kansas zoo 7ny.tv/2N1JTja 5:07 AM -27 Jun 2018
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