{"id":241158,"date":"2025-05-14T08:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/feeding-flamingos-create-underwater-tornado-like-vortices-to-capture-their-prey-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T08:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:58:48","slug":"feeding-flamingos-create-underwater-tornado-like-vortices-to-capture-their-prey-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=241158","title":{"rendered":"Feeding Flamingos Create Underwater Tornado-Like Vortices to Capture Their Prey, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<h2 class=\"tagline article-tagline\" itemprop=\"description\">Rather than passively filter-feeding, the birds use their heads, beaks and feet to generate motion in the water that funnels invertebrates into their mouths<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-line\">\n<section class=\"author-box by-line single-author\">\n<div class=\"author-headshot smart-news\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/24skrvZHx08_3kqn5jxM2-xJ540=\/fit-in\/160x80\/filters:no_upscale()\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/accounts\/headshot\/Sara_-_Headshot_thumbnail.png\" alt=\"Sara Hashemi\" class=\"headshot\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"author-text\">\n<p class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\">\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/author\/sara-hashemi\/\">Sara Hashemi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            &#8211; <span class=\"author-short-bio\">Daily Correspondent<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <time class=\"pub-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" data-pubdate=\"May 13, 2025, 3:30 p.m.\">May 13, 2025 3:30 p.m.<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<figure class=\"article-image lead-article-image\">\n<picture class=\"responsive-image\"><source media=\"(max-width: 600px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/PbKdEVjZU3Gscy-ZIDYQzjxEA4M=\/600x400\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/filer_public\/ce\/f4\/cef4f697-f9e4-43d5-83b9-308d5bdc9a9d\/chileanflamingofeedingd_creditsvictormortegajimenez2000px.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/SbSVoyuXTDYfuIHI1C6Xdy6cxiM=\/768x512\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/filer_public\/ce\/f4\/cef4f697-f9e4-43d5-83b9-308d5bdc9a9d\/chileanflamingofeedingd_creditsvictormortegajimenez2000px.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/SbSVoyuXTDYfuIHI1C6Xdy6cxiM=\/768x512\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/filer_public\/ce\/f4\/cef4f697-f9e4-43d5-83b9-308d5bdc9a9d\/chileanflamingofeedingd_creditsvictormortegajimenez2000px.jpg, https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/VNGCcVip7rmhI3iVa5bO5ptEPjU=\/1026x684\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/filer_public\/ce\/f4\/cef4f697-f9e4-43d5-83b9-308d5bdc9a9d\/chileanflamingofeedingd_creditsvictormortegajimenez2000px.jpg 2x\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/VNGCcVip7rmhI3iVa5bO5ptEPjU=\/1026x684\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/filer_public\/ce\/f4\/cef4f697-f9e4-43d5-83b9-308d5bdc9a9d\/chileanflamingofeedingd_creditsvictormortegajimenez2000px.jpg\" width=\"1026\" height=\"684\" alt=\"a flamingo eating in shallow water\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption\">\n<p>                A new study reveals how Chilean flamingos are so adept at finding food.<br \/>\n              <span class=\"credit\">Victor Ortega Jim\u00e9nez \/ UC Berkeley<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Flamingos have a natural ability to filter out food, like shrimp and worms, from the surrounding water, even in the most food-poor environments. Now, a new study published Monday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2503495122\"><em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em><\/a> reveals how the birds use the power of physics to nab their elusive prey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ib.berkeley.edu\/people\/faculty\/victor-ortega-jimenez\">Victor Ortega Jim\u00e9nez<\/a>, an integrative biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and lead author of the study, first became interested in flamingos\u2019 eating behavior after a visit to Zoo Atlanta in 2019. The pink birds stomped their feet and submerged their beaks, but from the surface, he saw only ripples. The researcher wanted to know what was happening underwater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know anything about what is happening inside,\u201d he says in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.berkeley.edu\/2025\/05\/12\/flamingos-create-water-tornados-to-trap-their-prey\/\">statement<\/a>. \u201cThat was my question.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"video\">\n<div class=\"embedly-plugin\" data-type=\"video\">\n<div class=\"video-image\">\n<p>Flamingo model tornado vortex<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/mDDLvGDZ7mFgMcaTljw5IEUNy04=\/1072x603\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/embedly\/Screenshot_2025-05-13_at_3.12.42PM.png\" data-video-id=\"NBkrXU7N6kw\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <iframe width=\"854\" src=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"player\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>So, Ortega Jim\u00e9nez and his team took a closer look with the help of three Chilean flamingos at the Nashville Zoo. They trained the animals to feed from a water-filled tray over several weeks and used high-speed cameras and lasers to monitor the process. Then, the researchers created 3D printed models of the birds\u2019 heads, feet and bills to more closely study how they make the water and particles move. The final step of the work involved attaching a real flamingo beak to a machine that snaps it open and shut, with a small pump to simulate the bird\u2019s tongue.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that the flamingos use the motion of water to their advantage, combining techniques to funnel water\u2014and the invertebrates within it\u2014to their mouths. They\u2019ll stomp their feet in dance-like motions to bring food up to the surface. Then, they\u2019ll quickly bob their heads up and down to create tornado-like underwater vortices that help catch their prey more efficiently. The birds also snap or \u201cchatter\u201d their beaks and move their tongues in and out\u2014and that chattering allows flamingos to capture seven times more brine shrimp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are challenging the idea that flamingos are just passive filter feeders,\u201d says Ortega Jim\u00e9nez to Rachel Nuwer at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/12\/science\/flamingo-vortex-beaks-water.html\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>. \u201cJust as spiders produce webs, flamingos produce vortices.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"video\">\n<div class=\"embedly-plugin\" data-type=\"video\">\n<div class=\"video-image\">\n<p>Tornado flamingo chattering<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/DvYiT_lVVk8DfXMeibB86KQUkaI=\/1072x603\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/embedly\/Screenshot_2025-05-13_at_1.18.45PM.png\" data-video-id=\"3cgcF8th5Nk\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <iframe width=\"854\" src=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"player\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The team calculated just how quickly the flamingos chattered their beaks and bobbed their heads. To create a tornado-like vortex, a bird would retract its head in a short burst of speed at nearly 16 inches per second. The chattering motion involved the lower beak snapping about 12 times per second.<\/p>\n<p>The study is \u201can outstanding demonstration of how biological form and motion can control the surrounding fluid to serve a functional role,\u201d adds <a href=\"https:\/\/cals.cornell.edu\/sunghwan-sunny-jung\">Sunghwan Jung<\/a>, a biophysicist at Cornell University who was not involved in the study, to the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"video\">\n<div class=\"embedly-plugin\" data-type=\"video\">\n<div class=\"video-image\">\n<p>Flamingo brine filtering foot<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/-3cYqYM6S7uBrI69SNuGDetmrnE=\/1072x603\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/embedly\/Screenshot_2025-05-13_at_1.17.53PM.png\" data-video-id=\"MDzIufdF3KA\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <iframe width=\"854\" src=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"player\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Flamingos\u2019 feeding prowess can even benefit other birds: A 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/bioone.org\/journals\/Ardea\/volume-106\/issue-2\/arde.v106i2.a5\/Wilsons-Phalaropes-Can-Double-Their-Feeding-Rate-by-Associating-with\/10.5253\/arde.v106i2.a5.short\">study<\/a> found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Wilsons_Phalarope\/overview\">Wilson\u2019s phalaropes<\/a> can double their food intake by following behind a stomping flamingo.<\/p>\n<p>Next, Ortega Jim\u00e9nez wants to study what goes on inside flamingos\u2019 beaks during feeding<em>, <\/em>in hopes that it can inspire new technologies that harness the strength of vortices to capture toxic algae or microplastics from water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese behaviors that look kind of silly are generating these really useful water flows,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/vivo.brown.edu\/display\/ebrainer\">Elizabeth Brainerd<\/a>, a functional morphologist at Brown University who was not involved with the study, told Elizabeth Pennisi at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/fluid-dynamics-helps-flamingos-slurp-meals-muck\"><em>Science<\/em><\/a> when the work was presented at a conference in 2023. \u201cThat\u2019s unexpected \u2026 and quite elegant.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-newsletter\">\n<div class=\"leade\">\n<h3>Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"tag-list\">\n<nav class=\"nav-tags\">\n<\/nav>\n<\/section><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rather than passively filter-feeding, the birds use their heads, beaks and feet to generate motion in the water that funnels invertebrates into their mouths Sara Hashemi &#8211; Daily Correspondent May 13, 2025 3:30 p.m. A new study reveals how Chilean flamingos are so adept at finding food. 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