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Baby Flamingo Tries Hard To Be Adult, Becomes Internet Star

There’s an adorable baby flamingo living at Pittsburgh’s National Aviary, and it’s taking its first steps towards becoming an adult. As visitors and folks on the Internet watch the baby flamingo realize that being an adult is difficult, people find the bird just too relatable.

“National Aviary staff and visitors can’t stop ooh’ing and ahhh’ing over this little one!,” said the caption of an adorable photo of the 4-day-old flamingo posted on the organization’s Facebook page. Honestly, people can’t stop praising the chick for its fluffiness and admiring its super long legs.

But what’s most adorable about the bird is that it tries to adult so hard. Twitter user Celesse also shared the pics of the birdie with the following caption: “BABY FLAMINGO… Who’s trying so hard to flamingo.”

We can see the bird trying to stand on one leg like an adult flamingo. We watch it doing its best to make sense of its anatomy and changing body…

Yup, adulting is not easy, little fellow! “We all go through a bit of an “awkward stage.” and flamingos are no different!,” Robin Weber, staff member at the National Aviary, told Bored Panda when asked what we can learn from baby flamingo. “Growing up is hard, but just be persistent like a baby flamingo! You got this!”

Well, at least the bird doesn’t have to deal with taxes and loans yet. Psst… Don’t grow up, baby flamingo! It’s a trap!

More info: National Aviary | Facebook (h/t)

If you’ve ever wondered what a baby flamingo looks like, here it is

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The tiny fellow, who lives at Pittsburgh’s National Aviary, has people admiring its long legs and fluffiness

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But what’s most adorable about the bird is that it tries to adult so hard, and it’s too relatable

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We can see the bird struggling to stand on one leg like an adult

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We watch it doing its best to make sense of its anatomy and changing body…

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Yup, adulting is not easy – well, at least the bird doesn’t have to deal with taxes and loans yet

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Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

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As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).