Why flamingoes stand on one leg?


	Why flamingoes stand on one leg?

mmlee

8-13-2009 2:37 PM

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flamingoes, birds, behaviour, nature, zoo, animals, psychology, laterality, left, right

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Flamingo behaviour? read more @ source.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/045ae65e-c880-4b14-9e12-7eff0754f57f/9608710E-EAF8-4CF1-BE42-D21C96E382C8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/2FC3F499-8EC0-41E1-89E0-932CA80DB5C4" alt="Galapagos race of Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) standing on one leg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm">just why do flamingoes like to stand on one leg?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm">two scientists believe </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm">Flamingoes stand on one leg to regulate their body temperature</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm"><P>Matthew Anderson and Sarah Williams are comparative psychologists based at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, US who are interested in the studying the evolution of behaviour. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm"><P>Anderson and Williams's research began by studying laterality in flamingoes: whether they show any preference over which side of their bodies they use for various tasks, just as a human may be right or left-handed. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="sibtbg"><DIV class="sih">
			                            TO THE LEFT, OR RIGHT?
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<DIV class="mva"><DIV class="bull">Flamingoes do not prefer to rest on one leg more than the other</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">However, most flamingoes do prefer to rest their head to the right</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">Those that prefer to rest their heads to the left are more likely to be involved in aggressive encounters with other birds</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">That lends support to the idea that being right-handed, or right-headed, in this way, helps promote social cohesion in flamingoes</DIV>
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