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Six hundred flamingo chicks were fitted with identity rings after being guided on Saturday (August 8) by hundreds of volunteers at the Fuente de Piedra lagoon natural reserve in southern Spain, one of Europe’s greatest colony of flamingos. - REUTERS

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00:12What we do is ring the animals so we can monitor them scientifically.
00:17We also take the opportunity to measure their beaks and wings.
00:21We take blood samples and swab samples to check for diseases.
00:24They undergo a full veterinary checkup and afterwards we stay at the field hospital in
00:30case there are any accidents.
00:32Some animals are a little weaker after all that handling.
00:35Some animals have minor abrasions.
00:37In the worst case scenario, they might have a fracture.
00:46We are celebrating the fact that 40 years ago in Fuente de Piedra, the first flamingo
00:53ring took place.
00:54This means that in 2026, those first chicks we ring, many of them are now 40 years old.
01:00They have completed 40 years old.
01:03All of them have completed 40 years old.
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