On Sun, 11 Dec 1994, Mike Patterson wrote:

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> They eat a lot of small aqautic crustaceans which, if I remember,
> the chain correctly filter feed on small diatoms. The shimpy
> things are pink because of the diatoms. Ross's Gulls and flamingos
> are pink because of the shrimpy things.
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> Isn't nature wonderful??
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Sea otters' (_enhydra lutra_) teeth are pink for the same reason -- a
fact that came in very handy on mammalogy exams -- it never occured to me
that sea otters and flamingos could have so much in common! Yes, nature
is indeed wonderful

Katie Sauter
sauter at u.washington.edu
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