Pink Floyd, the well-known flamingo that escaped a Kansas zoo 17 years in the past, has been filmed off the coast of Texas.

The flamingo was noticed on March 10 in Cox Bay close to Port Lavaca, Texas Parks and Wildlife stated in a Fb publish. Within the footage, Pink Floyd will be seen paddling in shallow coastal waters within the distance, simply recognizable among the many different wildlife.

"Appears to be like like Pink Floyd has returned from the 'darkish facet of moon!'" Texas Parks and Wildlife stated in a caption to the video, in reference to the legendary band's album.

The escapee fled from Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita in 2005, in accordance with a 2018 New York Instances report. As a preventative measure for such incidents, zoos often minimize off part of a hen's wing when they're born, which prevents them from flying away.

Nonetheless, in accordance with The New York Instances, when Pink Floyd and 39 different flamingos arrived on the Kansas zoo from their dwelling nation, Tanzania, they had been adults and zookeepers had been involved slicing their wings was could be inhumane. Zookeepers as an alternative determined to clip simply their feathers.

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A inventory photograph reveals a flamingo within the wild. They're very not often seen within the U.S.RK Balaji/Getty Photographs

However in 2005, Pink Floyd, together with a companion, managed to fly away from the zoo.

Quickly after the escape, the 2 flamingos each went their separate methods following a big thunderstorm, The New York Instances reported. The opposite flamingo went north and has not been seen since. Pink Floyd went to the Gulf Coast. Since then, he has been noticed all through the years in Louisiana, Arkansas and generally as distant as Wisconsin, the BBC reported in 2018. Most sightings have occurred in Texas.

Whereas American flamingos will be present in northern South America, the West Indies, Yucatán, and the Galápagos Islands, they're a particularly uncommon sight to behold within the U.S. They'll often be present in Florida however they don't breed there. Because of this, Pink Floyd has been a favourite amongst bird-watchers within the space ever since he escaped captivity.

The flamingo is now about 27 years outdated, the Fort Value Star-Telegram reported. Flamingos are likely to reside longer in captivity, as much as 50 years. Within the wild, the common life span is 20 to 30 years.

Scott Newland the Sedgwick County Zoo's curator of birds, beforehand informed The Kansas Metropolis Star in 2013 that he was hesitant to speak about how the hen escaped in a "very uncommon second."

Newland stated that it had been a "black eye," and "principally an error." The zoo will not be keen on the story, he stated.

Regardless that the flamingo will not be residing in its pure wild habitat, the species can often adapt to its surrounding setting. A flamingo skilled on the American Museum of Pure Historical past in New York, Felicity Arengo, informed The New York Instances in 2018 that offered the species have salty wetlands, they are often "fairly resilient."