ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photo by Jasper Doest @jasperdoest | An x-ray photo of Flamingo Bob. Bob was rescued by my cousin Odette, who works as a veterinarian on the island of Curaçao. Odette discovered that the flamingo developed an arthritic condition on both of his feet—one of the reasons he couldn't be released back to the wild as he simply wouldn't survive. She now uses the bird for education purposes within Fundashon Dier en Onderwijs Cariben @fdoccuracao, which is why we also had a x-ray made of his beautiful long neck in addition to his feet. With 19 vertebrae, flamingos actually have fewer neck vertebrae than many other long-necked birds. But having fewer vertebrae doesn’t necessarily mean that the neck is shorter; the bones themselves are longer. They are seen as a series of angles, rather than as a continuous smooth curve. This allows flamingos to bend their neck backward or downward to clean their feathers or search for food—its neck is vital to filtering food from water, as a flamingo often needs to turn its head upside down in the process. Follow @jasperdoest for more images of Flamingo Bob, who is slowly becoming instafamous. #birdrescue #flamingo #xray #flamingobob」8月31日 19時38分