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title: "Pelican interesting facts"  
description: "A short explanation of the Pelican and it's amazing facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-25  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2653/pelican-interesting-facts  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["Pelican", "animals", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Pelican interesting facts

![Pelican interesting facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/668fdc59-f16a-49f3-b66f-2cf9a3f8f408/images/db706491-3046-47be-bfe9-644acacf0d23.jpeg) ![Pelican interesting facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/668fdc59-f16a-49f3-b66f-2cf9a3f8f408/images/5d6c86f3-e165-474a-b5d0-11a14c8e0561.jpeg) Pelicans are a genus of big aquatic birds in the Pelecanidae family. ![Pelican interesting facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/668fdc59-f16a-49f3-b66f-2cf9a3f8f408/images/90330169-f636-496d-902a-233ca3bfab58.jpeg) They have a long beak and a big neck pouch for collecting prey and emptying water from scooped-up contents before swallowing. ![Pelican interesting facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/668fdc59-f16a-49f3-b66f-2cf9a3f8f408/images/a1bfabc2-fb88-4edb-b0c5-7540fefc3ab2.jpeg) Except for Antarctica, pelicans can be found on every continent. ![Pelican interesting facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/668fdc59-f16a-49f3-b66f-2cf9a3f8f408/images/db706491-3046-47be-bfe9-644acacf0d23.jpeg) They can live for up to 50 years. ![Pelican interesting facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/668fdc59-f16a-49f3-b66f-2cf9a3f8f408/images/70f9bbf4-af1f-4ca9-a0cd-31f384ba728c.jpeg) They are carnivores that eat mostly fish. They also consume crabs and amphibians.

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