Many kids love playing dress-up in their parents’ clothes and pretending that they’re a grown-up. It turns out, it’s not just human kids who do this. As this flamingo shows, baby animals enjoy pretending to be adults too!
This adorable flamingo was born on June 25th, 2017 at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. The National Aviary put a photo of the flamingo on their Facebook page, and it quickly spread across the internet.
At just four days old, this flamingo became a social media star.
The National Aviary also released a video of the newly hatched chick learning to walk, which people absolutely adored.
Look at this little one go! Our baby flamingo was stretching its legs outside in the Rose Garden at the National Aviary.
Posted by National Aviary on Friday, June 30, 2017
People loved the National Aviary’s photo and video, but they still wanted to see more photos of the baby flamingo. Luckily for them, Twitter user @celesse went to visit the National Aviary and shared photos of her visit.
BABY FLAMINGO!!!! ヾ(。◕ฺ∀◕ฺ)ノ Who's trying so hard to flamingo pic.twitter.com/LmOtW9lwZA
— ✿Celesse✿ (@celesse) June 29, 2017
While all of these photos are adorable, one really captured people’s attention: a photo of the flamingo trying its hardest to adult.
As the flamingo quickly learned, adulting is hard work. All of the daily tasks of adult life can really wear you out. Sometimes, being an adult is so tiring, you just need to lay down and take a midday nap.
There’s even more good news for flamingo fans: there are more baby flamingos coming!
The National Aviary’s flamingo flock laid their eggs between May 26th and June 9th, 2017. Now, the eggs are slowly starting to hatch. On July 10th, the National Aviary posted a photo of two more newly hatched chicks.
The little flamingo who became a social media star will soon have many friends to play with. We’re sure the oldest flamingo will teach all the younger ones everything it’s learned about adulting!
If you live near Pittsburgh and want to get up-close to these baby flamingos, head over to the National Aviary. If you’d like to support the National Aviary and the life-saving work that they do for birds, consider making a donation.
The photos of this baby flamingo prove that baby animals trying to do adult things is always adorable. This little flamingo is prepared for everything adult life will throw at it.
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