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Der Zwergflamingo und seine Verwandten

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Der Zwergflamingo ist ein ungewöhnlicher Vogel. Die auffällige Farbe seines Gefieders, die besonderen Proportionen seines Körpers, der voluminöse Schnabel, mit dem er seine Algennahrung aus dem Wasser filtert, seine Überlebenskunst unter extremen Bedingungen, geprägt von Hitze, salzigem Schlamm und ätzender Natronlauge, machen ihn zu einem Meisterwerk der Evolution. Kein anderer Vogel ist mit ihm vergleichbar, lediglich der mystische Feuervogel Phönix. Doch im Gegensatz zu seinem unsterblichen Ebenbild ist der Zwergflamingo bedroht. Der Mensch, mit seiner urbanen Energie, zerstört den Lebensraum dieses charismatischen Vogels. Für den Zwergflamingo wird es immer schwieriger, geeignete Nahrung und einen ungestörten Brutplatz zu finden. Hunger und Gifte schwächen ihn und machen ihn empfindlich für pathogene Keime. Werden wir auch in Zukunft die grandiosen Naturschauspiele wogender Schwärme des pinkfarbenen Charaktervogels der Sodaseen und Salzpfannen Afrikas und Indiens bestaunen können?

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Krienitz, L. (2018). Der Zwergflamingo und seine Verwandten. In: Die Nachfahren des Feuervogels Phönix. Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56586-5_1

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