Assertion: flamingo | /r/CapableOf | filter food
Facets:
value: out of the water
type: OTHER
value: from water
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: with a spiny
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Flamingos generally feed for several hours a day, with their beak upside down they filter food out as they skim water.
text: A flamingo filters its food out of the water and mud with a spiny, piston-like tongue that aids in sucking food-filled water past the lamellae inside the curved bill.
text: Whiles feeding, the flamingo holds its bill upside down for sever hours at a time, so they care able to filter their food while they are skimming the water.
text: While feeding, they strain water through the lamellae in their bills to filter out insects, brine shrimp, algae, and other food.
text: Flamingos hold their bent bills upside down while feeding, often for several hours a day, so they can filter out their food while skimming the water.
text: The mouth of the flamingo is covered in little hairs called lamellae which assist in the filtering of water and the flamingo also has a rough tongue which the flamingo also uses to help it to filter food out of the water.
text: Flamingos feed in a similar fashion to whales and oysters, meaning they filter food from water that they pick up.
text: The tongue helps the flamingo filter its food because of the hairy structures called lamellae that line the flamingo’s large tongue.