Flamingos In The Bathroom Zoo

During Hurricane Andrew in 1992, animal caretakers at Zoo Miami (then Miami Metrozoo) sheltered dozens of flamingos in a bathroom. But odds are that very few people had to stuff 30 flamingos in the bathroom of the Miami Metrozoo. Back in 1992, in the leadup to Hurricane Andrew, Ron Magill of Miami, Florida found himself with.

The entire Zoo Miami aviary was wiped out by the monster Category 5 hurricane leaving the flamingos exposed to the storm. Quick thinking staff sheltered the birds in a zoo bathroom. One famous example is when Zoo Miami staff sheltered flamingos in a men's bathroom during Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

"The restrooms were perfect," says Ron Magill, the zoo's goodwill ambassador. Flamingos take refuge in a bathroom at Miami-Metro Zoo on September 14, 1999, as winds from Hurricane Floyd approached the Miami area. Tim Chapman/Newsmakers.

Ron Magill, Zoo Miami goodwill ambassador and communications director, took these photographs on Aug. 23, 1992. Magill said he believed there were a total of 38 flamingos in the Zoo Miami (then Miami Metrozoo) flock at the time, and they would have all been put in the restroom together.

One of the most iconic images of Hurricane Andrew is a photograph of flamingos, huddling on their toothpick legs in a tiled bathroom. Ron Magill, now communications director for Zoo Miami, snapped. In 1992, as Hurricane Andrew approached South Florida, the staff at the Miami Zoo rushed to protect their animals.

Ron Magill and his team decided the safest. Amazing Photos Capture Miami Zoo's Efforts to Safeguard Flamingos in a Bathroom During the 1992 Hurricane In August 1992, Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 storm, wreaked havoc in the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana. A photo of flamingos huddled in the bathroom of a St.

Petersburg, Fla., botanical garden brought back memories of past hurricanes.