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===Pink Floyd the flamingo=== A solitary [[Chilean flamingo]], named Pink Floyd after [[Pink Floyd|the English rock band]], wintered at the Great Salt Lake. He escaped from Salt Lake City's [[Tracy Aviary]] in 1987 and lived in the wild, eating [[brine shrimp]] and socializing with [[gull]]s and [[swan]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=107968 |title = Could Pink Floyd Be Sick |publisher = KSL |access-date = September 7, 2007 |archive-date = September 30, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154530/http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=107968 |url-status = live }}.</ref> A group of Utah residents suggested petitioning the state to release more flamingos in an effort to keep Floyd company and as a possible tourist attraction.<ref name=feaf>{{cite news |last = Speckman |first = Stephen |title = Floyd may get some pink feathered friends |url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/585037108/Floyd-may-get-some-pink-feathered-friends.html?pg=all |access-date = October 3, 2013 |newspaper = Deseret News |date = January 12, 2004 |archive-date = October 4, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221230/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/585037108/Floyd-may-get-some-pink-feathered-friends.html?pg=all |url-status = dead }}</ref> Pink Floyd was last seen in Idaho, in the area of [[Camas National Wildlife Refuge]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/660205853/Feeling-blue-about-Pink-Floyd.html?pg=all |title = Feeling Blue About Pink Floyd | publisher = Deseret News |access-date = October 3, 2013 |archive-date = October 4, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221343/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/660205853/Feeling-blue-about-Pink-Floyd.html?pg=all |url-status = dead }}</ref>
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