Thanks for all the wonderful replies, everyone! I know I am so very lucky to have had this experience! Strangely enough I'm still having nightmares....last night I dreamed that I forgot to feed the animals for a day and some of the flamingos died. Hopefully this will be the last nightmare for a while.

Originally posted by Uabassoon
Great pictures! But I'm totally stumped as to what other animal has a more colorful female than male.
Hmmm....yes, it stumped me too! It's a bit of a generalization but the answer is...Wait, should I give others a chance to guess? I'll come back with the answer later.
You'll just want to KICK yourself once I tell you!