Flamingoes are not born pink. Their chicks are fluffy grey. They turn pink slowly as they grow up, because of what they eat: tiny shrimps and algae that contain a pink pigment. The colour from the food travels into their feathers. A flamingo really does turn the colour of its dinner.
Flamingoes feed in a very strange way. They stand in shallow water, put their head upside down, and pump water in and out of their beak. Tiny brushes inside the beak filter out the food and let the water flow back out. It works a bit like a sieve.
They are surprisingly good fliers. A flamingo can fly more than 600 kilometres in a single night, with its long legs trailing behind and its long neck stretched out in front. They migrate between the Camargue and places like Spain, Italy and North Africa.
Flamingoes spend lots of their time standing on one leg, even when they sleep. Scientists think it actually takes less effort than standing on two - they have a clever leg-locking system, like a kickstand on a bike. Try standing on one foot yourself. How long can you do it for?