Flamingo one-legged mysteries

One of the many mysteries in the world is why flamingos stand on one leg and how they sleep. These little pink, furry, and cute animals are one of the coolest and wierdest animals in the whole entire world and are in zoos so we can see there beautiful pink feathers and see them hop aurond from place to place on one leg. In September of 2009, a scientist named Matthew Anderson, went to the philidelphia zoo to examine flamingos, and how they sleep and why they stand on one leg. Many of the theories that they had were that the flamingos legs would tire out, or because of thermorgluation, but finally the scientist Matthew Anderson found what he was looking for, the real reason why flamingos stand on one leg. First, the reason why they do that is because, they can conserve body heat. Also, it would make them a lot faster to get from place to place. Another cool thing about flamingos, is that when they sleep, they bend there head to the right and not the left when they rest, which is the oppisite side, so there head is not on a surface. The beautiful birds also still stand on one leg when it sleeps. All of these reasons made me feel like flamingos were very wierd, but cool. You now know one of the greatest mysteries about animals in the world, the flamingo, and the real story on why it stands on one leg and why they sleep with one leg.


Source
http://www.livescience.com/animals/090917-flamingos-one-leg.html