Why is the birth of a baby flamingo at the Zoo considered a rare miracle?

Not only adorable, the appearance of baby flamingos at the Zoo is considered by experts to be extremely rare and unlikely to occur in a captive environment.

After nearly 20 years, Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden recorded for the first time a baby flamingo successfully hatching and being raised naturally by its mother.

This is the first successful breeding of flamingos at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens since the flock was brought back from abroad.

Before 2006, the Zoo had 9 flamingos, imported from a zoo in South Africa. Initially, they were raised in the old area, located in the inner corner of the zoo with a small area and unsuitable environment. Plus, the small number of flamingos, the flock did not reproduce.

To remedy this situation, in 2010 the Zoo established a new crane garden and moved the original nine flamingos to the central area of ​​the zoo.

Then, in 2017, the zoo imported 21 more flamingos from a zoo in the Netherlands, bringing the total adult population to 30.

According to Mr. Lam Quoc Cuong, Head of the bird-primate group at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, it is necessary to stimulate the flock mentality more and although the number has increased to 30 birds, this density is still low compared to the species' behavior.

Therefore, Saigon Zoo has added some reflective glass panels so that when looking at them, the flamingos will appear larger in number, thereby stimulating their reproductive ability.

This year's breeding season has seen about 5 flamingo nests, each of which lays one egg. Despite many difficulties, the flamingos do not know how to incubate eggs, so they had to bring 2 eggs to the artificial incubation room. As a result, 4 eggs did not hatch and only 1 egg hatched into a healthy chick.

With the first baby flamingo born at the Zoo after 20 years, the total number of flamingos at the zoo now reaches 31 individuals.

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