A Pelican

06/06/2022

One pelican eats over a kilogram of fish a day. There are also cases when they ate other birds (see interesting facts about birds).

05/06/2022

Mortality among newborn pelicans is very high - about half of the hatched chicks die. Birds die due to the fault of predators, due to adverse weather conditions, or simply from hunger.

05/06/2022

Gray and curly pelicans are listed in the Red Book.

03/06/2022

Sounds made by pelicans, deaf growling, growling and grunting, very low. Pelicans "sound" mostly in the nesting colony, the rest of the time the birds are mostly silent.

03/06/2022

Pelicans have no nostrils, so they breathe with their beaks.

01/06/2022

The pelican's hook, ending in a hook, grows up to 47 centimeters in length. In its lower part there is a leather bag for fishing, which is able to stretch a lot.
Pelicans often "squeeze" their feathers with their beaks because they do

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30/05/2022

Muslims have great respect for pelicans because they are a sacred bird to them. According to legend, pelicans carried stones in their sacks to build shrines in Mecca.

30/05/2022

Newborn chicks are completely naked and blind. Down appears on the 8th-10th day of life, and they begin to try themselves in flight 70-75 days after birth.

27/05/2022

Distant ancestors of pelicans weighing up to four dozen kilograms appeared on Earth 40-50 million years ago.