PTE Reading
Re-order Paragraphs
PTE · Re-order Paragraphs
Arrange the sentences into a logical order.
Put the sentences in the correct order:
- Without that steady supply, a captive flamingo will slowly fade back to a pale, washed-out grey.
- As the birds digest this food, the pigments are absorbed and gradually deposited into their growing feathers.
- The transformation comes from their diet of tiny algae and shrimp, which are packed with reddish pigments.
- Chicks actually hatch with dull grey plumage and develop their famous pink shade only over time.
- The colour of a flamingo's feathers is not something the bird is born with.
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