The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos Page #2

Synopsis: In a remote and forgotten wilderness, one of nature's last great mysteries unfolds: the birth, life and death of a million crimson-winged flamingos. Against a dramatic backdrop of never-before filmed landscapes, these secretive birds struggle to survive and prevail over danger and fate. This inspiring story, set in the extraordinary 'otherworld' of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania, the cradle of humankind, reminds us: here on earth is a universe waiting to be discovered.
Genre: Documentary
Production: Disneynature
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
G
Year:
2008
78 min
Website
270 Views


But the more these chicks

wade into the water,

the more the salt accumulates

and hardens into a cement shackle

that cannot be broken.

High above the colonies,

the marabou storks appear,

circling like storybook witches.

They have come

from far beyond the lake

with their own mysterious knowledge

of what happens at Natron.

Very quickly...

...their intentions become clear.

Almost insatiable, a few marabous

can kill hundreds of chicks,

scattering and scaring off the parents.

With their gentle, curved beaks,

the flamingos are no match

for the marabous.

But every once in a while,

a parent wins a reprieve

for her chick.

One day, the chicks

have had enough.

Perhaps some instinct

tells them of a better place.

Somewhere beyond the salt.

Suddenly,

in their hundreds of thousands,

they abandon their nursery.

Guardian birds lead them away

and out across the miles

of the salt island,

perhaps on routes they took themselves

when they were chicks.

But there are those

who are left behind,

too weak or too injured

to make the journey.

Stories that barely began.

Each day, the surviving chicks

continue on across the burning miles.

Though they are reunited each evening

with their parents for rest and food,

it is the guardian birds

who lead this daytime march

and make sure even the smallest

find their way.

But the group can't wait for everyone.

The chicks burdened with salt shackles

fall further and further behind.

But, for the hundreds of chicks who die,

thousands will make it.

How far they've come.

The groups merge

and gather momentum

as if, at last,

they sense the destination.

And, reaching the edge

Of the salt island,

find the lake

with its cool, blue water.

And she has made it, too.

Cautiously at first...

...but then...

...up ahead...

...there are the others.

Leaving the salt island,

the chicks enter

the wider kingdom of the lake.

Here, a very different world

awaits them.

A living landscape,

complex and animate.

The Rift's escarpment rises

a thousand feet above the lake,

a rock wall severed

by deep canyons.

Here, amid the shadows

and the swifts,

Water gushes out from hundreds

of underground springs.

The water is rich

in sodium carbonate,

a mineral that creates the

salty chemistry of the lake.

Dozens of springs and rivers

feed into a series of marshes

that border the lake.

Almost all of Natron's life

depends upon the relatively fresh water

of this abundant green maze.

And, for the next few months,

so too will the chicks.

Each morning,

the parents leave their chicks

on the muddy shore

below the marsh.

They spend the day almost

completely unsupervised.

They learn to feed themselves.

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