AT5 in Artis: Why Is a Flamingo Actually Pink?

AT5 is in Artis all this week. And every day we answer a question from a visitor. For example, we go along with the nest checks of the spoonbill and the redshank, we see how the chimpanzees have to find their food and we scoop up dozens of kilos of elephant poop. Today we are talking about the colours and patterns of animals in Artis. The question is: why is a flamingo actually pink? Whether it is a colour, the drawing of a butterfly wing, shiel…