Article 5RVH5 Strike me pink: Australia’s last two flamingos resurrected as gay emblems

Strike me pink: Australia’s last two flamingos resurrected as gay emblems

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Tory Shepherd
from Environment | The Guardian on (#5RVH5)

Birds Chile and Greater, painstakingly restored by taxidermists, will be on display at SA Museum as part of Feast festival

Australia's last flamingos will go on display this weekend after taxidermists restored the magnificent pink birds.

The last flamingo in Australia (named Chile) died in 2018, the second last (Greater) in 2014 - but they have been resurrected as gay emblems for South Australia's Feast festival.

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