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Comprehension: Read the given passage and answer the question that follow. You’re at the zoo with your family and you see a big group of flamingos in the bird habitat. They are so funny looking with their pink feathers and almost all standing on one leg! Have you ever wondered why flamingoes are pink or why they live in water? Let’s explore these quirky animals. Flamingos are pink birds. They have bright pink feathers and long, Skinny legs. Flamingos are very lightweight – they typically weight between 4 and 8 pounds, which is about as much as a human baby! As we mentioned, they’re often seen standing on one leg. In fact, they sometimes do this for hours at a time. Flamingos live in places with warm weather, and they can usually be found near lakes and rivers. Flamingos like to live together in groups called colonies, and staying with other flamingos helps keep them safe. They do lots of their hunting and eating with their heads in the mud, so the other flamingos keep watch and protect the flamingo with its head down! Flamingos are omnivores. This means that they eat both plants and animals. They eat lots of shrimp, and the pink colour of the shrimp turns their feathers pink! These birds also like to eat algae, plankton and insects. When a flamingo sees food that it want to eat, it put its head under the water, twists its neck so its head is upside down and uses its beak to scoop up the food. Parent flamingos build nests to keep their eggs safe. The nests look like big piles of mud and can be found next to lakes and rivers. Flamingos lay just on egg at a time and the parents take turns taking care of the egg. Baby flamingos are called chicks. Flamingo chicks do not turn pink until they are about 2 years old! Q. The word ‘quirky’ in the passage means all the following EXCEPT?