A Zoo Flamingo With The Coolest Name Ever, Pink Floyd, Is Still Roaming Free After 17 Years

Rare Pink Flamingo Appears On Haulover Beach In Miami MIAMI BEACH, FL - MAY 17: A lone pink flamingo is seen as it walks along Haulover Beach on May 17, 2018 in Miami Beach, Florida. Lifeguards on the beach said that the flamingo showed up on Saturday and has been hanging around since. Biologists say that it is unusual for the birds to fly solo and are keeping an eye on the bird in case it becomes distressed. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

By Ethan

April 04, 2022 at 12:05 pm EDT

Some animals refuse to be caged. This is one of them. A flamingo named Pink Floyd (awesome job zoo naming people) escaped from a Kansas zoo 17 years ago in 2005, and has been roaming free ever since. Mostly on the Texas gulf coast. And that’s exactly where it was spotted just a week ago. Floyd has become a well known regular on the Texas coast and it looks like after this long he’ll remain free to roam the dark side of the moon, and won’t be restrained by walls ever again. Ok now you make your own Pink Floyd joke.

Looks like Pink Floyd has returned from the 'dark side the of moon'! Spotted at Rhodes Point in Cox Bay near Port Lavaca by David Foreman on March 10. Pink Floyd is a local Texas flamingo that escaped a Kansas zoo in 2005 and has been seen on the Texas coast for several years.
Posted by Coastal Fisheries - Texas Parks and Wildlife on Friday, March 25, 2022