A flamingo that escaped a zoo during a storm 17 years ago was spotted off the coast of earlier this month.An environmental activist captured footage of the African flamingo, identified as No. 492 by the number on its leg band, walking along a pier near at Rhodes Point in Cox Bay near Port Lavaca on March 10.No. 492 and another flamingo escaped from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita on a stormy night in June 2005. Employees had not yet clipped the birds' wings to prevent them from flying, which facilitated their getaway.
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