After a swim, Flamingo
Bob stretches his wings.
In 2016 he smacked
into a hotel window in
Curaçao, getting a con-
cussion and hurting his
left wing. These and
other injuries have pre-
vented his return to the
wild. He now lives with
his rescuer, veterinarian
Odette Doest.
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Photographer Jasper
Doest, Odette’s cousin,
swims with Bob in the
Caribbean Sea.