{"682478":{"#nid":"682478","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Flamingoes Use Their Feet and Mouths to Set Traps for Their Next Meal","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA new study that better understands how a flamingo uses its mouth and stomp their feet while eating could lead to better water filtration systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe study found that the long-legged birds create mini tornadoes while eating upside down. Flamingoes do it by chomping their mandibles, bobbing their head up and down, and marching back and forth to push water into their mouth. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe bird is able to pick out its prey in the swirling vortices, even if the water is muddy or dirty.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ERead the story and see a flamingo eating on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/flamingoes-use-their-feet-and-mouths-set-traps-their-next-meal\u0022\u003ECollege of Engineering home page\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The findings could inspire engineers to create more efficient filtration systems to fight pollution or toxic algae."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new study that better understands how flamingoes use their mouth and stomp their feet while eating could lead to better water filtration systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe study found that the long-legged birds create mini tornadoes while eating upside down. Flamingoes do it by chomping their mandibles, bobbing their head up and down, and marching back and forth to push water into their mouth. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new study that better understands how flamingoes use their mouth and stomp their feet while eating could lead to better water filtration systems. "}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2025-05-20 17:23:19","changed_gmt":"2025-05-20 18:10:45","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677101":{"id":"677101","type":"image","title":"flamingo-head.jpg","body":null,"created":"1747762218","gmt_created":"2025-05-20 17:30:18","changed":"1747762218","gmt_changed":"2025-05-20 17:30:18","alt":"flamingo looking in water","file":{"fid":"260967","name":"flamingo-head.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/20\/flamingo-head_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/20\/flamingo-head_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1306436,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/05\/20\/flamingo-head_0.jpg?itok=wX7IATtA"}}},"media_ids":["677101"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188776","name":"go-research"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}