Monday, January 17, 2011

A Pelican can hold more food in its beak than in its belly.

A Pelican can hold more food in its beak than in its belly.




Interestingly, because it can take a few seconds for a pelican to drain all the water out of its pouch, a seagull -- often standing on the pelican's head and pecking it as a distraction -- can dart into its open bill and steal the fish!

Pelicans have even been observed eating smaller birds, sometimes scooping up water in order to drown them before swallowing. Some pelicans have bills up to 1.5 feet (half a meter) long, and they can turn them inside out.

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