Big pink influx: Why flamingo-spotting is Mumbai's latest craze

120,000 birds drawn to Thane Creek as slum waste fuels their food

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Lesser flamingos gather on Mumbai's Thane Creek, Asia's largest creek. (Photo by Matjaz Tancic)

JAMIE FULLERTON, Contributing writer

MUMBAI -- "People are crazy about flamingos here," says chemistry student and part-time tour guide Ujwal Vhadkai, binoculars gently swinging from her neck, as a flock of lesser flamingos flies in front of the tourist boat she is standing in.

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