I definitely saw shades of yellow yolks in Ukraine that I could only dream of finding in the states. I wonder if this stuff they feed the salmon is the same stuff they feed to flamingos to increase their pinkness? 🤔
Whoa is that a thing?!? My quick googling tells me flamingos are pink for the same reason as salmon... but I wonder if zoos are spiking the feed. Yikes!
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I definitely saw shades of yellow yolks in Ukraine that I could only dream of finding in the states. I wonder if this stuff they feed the salmon is the same stuff they feed to flamingos to increase their pinkness? 🤔
Whoa is that a thing?!? My quick googling tells me flamingos are pink for the same reason as salmon... but I wonder if zoos are spiking the feed. Yikes!
According to the Smithsonian, it’s the same! It even lists salmon among other animals whose color is impacted by either natural or synthetic beta carotenoids. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/for-some-species-you-really-are-what-you-eat-40747423/
Had NO clue that flamingos weren't born pink. Wild.
Maybe that’s ambient knowledge when you grow up in Florida? :)
Lol! (Now I'm thinking about all of the ambient knowledge I have from my childhood in Vegas...)
Sounds potentially more grown up than flamingo colors 🫣