Crimson Wing flamingos star in new Disney film

The Crimson Wing follows the life and struggles of a million-strong colony of pink flamingos in Lake Natron, Tanzania, and is due to be released in selected UK cinemas on 25 September
  
  


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Lake Natron is a salt lake located in northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border. It's the only breeding area for the endangered lesser flamingos that live in Africa's Great Rift valley Photograph: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
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The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos is made by Disney and follows the life and struggles of a million-strong colony of pink flamingos in Lake Natron Photograph: Leander Ward/Disney Enterprises
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Three-quarters of the world's population of lesser flamingos live in breed in east Africa. Many depend on Lake Natron as a breeding site because food is plentiful, nesting sites abound and the lake is isolated and undisturbed Photograph: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
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The film shows the life cycle of flamingos from the moment they hatch Photograph: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
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Flamingos huddle in the lake at dawn Photograph: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
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A flamingo chick takes some tentative steps Photograph: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
The Crimson Wing: The Crimson Wing: Babies
When flamingo chicks are about a week old, they are able to leave the nest. At around two weeks, the chicks are grouped into creches Photograph: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
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Soda deposits swirl on the lake. Lake Natron is one of the largest soda lakes in the Rift valley. Its eight saline lagoons provide an ideal habitat for the salt-loving micro organisms on which the flamingos feed Photograph: Leander Ward/Disney Enterprises
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At dawn, the flamingos hop over scalding water to get to a freshwater stream Photograph: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
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This wing salute is the final part of the flamingos' courtship ritual Photograph: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
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Building up speed before take off... Photograph: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
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...and away Photograph: Photo Credit: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
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During an algae bloom, bird numbers can be staggeringly high Photograph: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
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Some chicks arrive on the shore from the mudflats. Life at Natron is tough for the flamingos, with many predators including jackals and hyenas threatening their daily survival Photograph: Photo Credit: Anup and Manoj Shah/Disney Enterprises
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Northern Tanzania boasts several important geological features such as Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain on the African continent; Ngorongoro, one of the largest calderas on Earth and, pictured here, Ol Doinyo Lengai, the world’s only active carbonatite volcano Photograph: Leander Ward/Disney Enterprises
 

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