Question

Read the following passage and write its summary. Also suggest a suitable title to it.



A flamingo lays a single chalky-white egg. A flamingo nest is not fancy, just a mound of mud,

may be 12 inches high. Old nests often reused. After hatching, the chick stays in the nest for 5 to

12 days. The chick is fed with a type of „milk‟ that comes from the parents‟ upper digestive tract.

Both males and females can feed the chick this ways, and even flamingo that are not the parents

can act as foster – feeders. First breeding is at approximately 3 to 6 years. Only fully coloured

adults participate in breeding.​

Answer 1

Flamingo Breeding

Á flamingo lays one chalky-white egg. Its nest is a mud mound 12-inches high, old nests are often reused. After hatching the chick remains in the nest for 5 to 12 days. It is fed with milk that comes from the upper digestive tract of any flamingo, be it parents, or fosters. First breeding is at 3 to 6 years, only if they are fully coloured.

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