492 went rogue. The bird was spotted around 600 miles away Monday -- nearly 17 years later -- by fishing guide and angler David Foreman, according to the Texas Parks & Wildlife department. 492 arrived when it was 2 or 3 years old, according to Jennica King and Anne Heitman, the zoo's director of strategic communications and curator of birds, respectively. A couple of years later, on July 2, zookeepers went to clip the flamingos' feathers, a "completely painless" process that's similar to humans getting a haircut, Heitman said. They ended up in a grassy, marshy flood drainage area about 100 or 200 yards away from the zoo.

Source: CNN April 02, 2022 01:31 UTC