There Are More Fake Flamingos in the World Than Real Ones

The iconic pink plastic lawn ornament, first created in 1957, has proliferated globally to such an extent that its numbers far outstrip the population of actual flamingos, which are unfortunately declining in the wild due to habitat loss.

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