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When flamingos sleep, they tuck one leg under their feathers, alternating with their other leg to regulate body heat and keep one leg warm at all times. What we think of as a flamingo knee is actually its ankle. A flamingo’s actual knee isn’t visible through its belly feathers.
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
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