It looks like a brain suck gone wrong but it’s really two flamingos feeding a baby chick.
The blood red liquid is called “Crop Milk” (not blood). It’s regurgitated by the parents to feed young chicks. It’s made of protein and fat.
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Reality Decoded 
I don’t even understand what I was seeing. Was that a joke video? I don’t get the blood part. Why was one flamingo piercing the other’s head with his beak?
He/she was so intent on watching the feeding session, he/she was just doing it absent-mindedly maybe?! lol
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He was actually regurgitating food that was colored red so it would run down to the chicks mouth
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Oh DUUUUUUUH. Duh. I only saw the words “crop milk” — not “RED crop milk” !!!
DUH !!! lol
Sorry about that. It DOES look gruesome and if that’ the way they do it every time, REALLY ineffective, no ?!
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Agreed, there was a ton of liquid just falling on the ground but I think it only happens when they both attempt to feed at the same time.
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I love it. It’s fascinating. Never knew that.
Thanks for the information ! ! !
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Kеep this going please, ցreat job!
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