1. The clerk says to the visitors that their hotel is the best in their town
2. The employee says that he wants to apply for that post
3. The secretary says to the visitors that their director is discussing very important question
4. Mr. Ivanov says that he had been to Britain twice that year
5. The lawyer says to the judge defendant that he must present all the evidences
6. The suspect tells to the judge that he is innocent
7. Nick says to his friend that his sister is on business in the USA now
8. The representative of the firm says to the foreign guests that their firm is reliable
9. Mother says that she is reading a newspaper now
10. The policeman says that she is arrested
11, My friend says to her that she is invited
Flamingos are a type of wading bird. There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World. Flamingos often stand on one leg, the other leg tucked beneath the body. The reason for this behaviour is not fully understood. Recent research indicates that standing on one leg may allow the birds to conserve more body heat, given that they spend a significant amount of time wading in cold water. However, the behaviour also takes place in warm water. As well as standing in the water, flamingos may stamp their webbed feet in the mud to stir up food from the bottom.
Flamingos are very social birds; they live in colonies whose population can number in the thousands. These large colonies are believed to serve three purposes for the flamingos: avoiding predators, maximizing food intake, and using scarce suitable nesting sites more efficiently. For the first six days after the chicks hatch, the adults and chicks stay in the nesting sites. At around seven to twelve days old, the chicks begin to move out of their nests and explore their surroundings. When they are two weeks old, the chicks congregate in groups, called "microcreches", and their parents leave them alone. After a while, the microcreches merge into "creches" containing thousands of chicks. Chicks that do not stay in their creches are vulnerable to predators.
