Pink flamingos living at a Dubai wildlife sanctuary
The Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary is Dubai’s only desert wetland. It occupies about 2.4 square miles on the banks of Dubai Creek and comprises of mudflats, lagoons, pools and mangroves.
- Pink flamingos search for food in the water at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pink flamingos walk on the mud flats at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pink flamingos stand in the water at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pink flamingos walk on the mud flats at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Someone throws food towards pink flamingos standing in the water at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pink flamingos search for food in the water at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- In this Wednesday, May 28, 2014 photo, with skyscrapers along the Sheikh Zayed highway, at background, pink flamingos look for food by the creek, at the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Beneath a glitzy skyline wooden boats ply Dubai Creek, the historic heart of a city that was transformed in little more than a generation from a tiny pearling and fishing port to a global trading hub. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
- A general views shows pink flamingos standing on the mud flats at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary with the Dubai skyline in the background, on the outskirts of the city on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pink flamingos stand in the water at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pink flamingos stand in the water at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pink flamingos take flight at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pink flamingos stand in the water at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pink flamingos are pictured in the water at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on March 26, 2015. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pink flamingos stand in the water at the Ras al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2016. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)