Meet Bob, the Flamingo Ambassador of Curaçao
After flying into a hotel window, this flamingo was rescued by a local vet and has become a rising educational star on the island.
If you're in the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao and you see what looks like a flamingo in the driver's seat of a car, don't worry. That’s just Bob.
As part of the Caribbean flamingo's duties as an ambassador for the local nonprofit Fundashon Dier en Onderwijs Cariben, Bob has jetted around town in the lap of his owner and veterinarian Odette Doest.
Wildlife photographer Jasper Doest—and Odette's cousin–has captured this and more of shenanigans from Bob's life as spokesbird for the island wildlife sanctuary, which takes in all kinds of animals in need.
Odette founded the wildlife sanctuary in 2016 to support her growing number of rescues, including Bob, who had flown into a hotel window the
