Flamingos in the shape of ... well, a flamingoFlamingos can form themselves into flamingo shaped gatherings in order to warn other birds of what they are. Doesn’t that blow your mind?

Like, flamingos are aware of what they look like. Maybe the flamingos that survived are the ones that just happened to be able to form themselves into flamingo shaped gatherings. By doing so, they ward off other birds and thus accidentally select themselves for survival over the next lot of flamingos that happened to form themselves into the shape of a giant prawn, advertising the location of tasty filter feeding food.