You could pet a pelican if it were to come up to you and not feel threatened.
Although most pelicans will be shy away from humans and if you got close enough to pet the pelican it could attack you so it's best to not try to touch them or pet them and just observe the pelicans from a distance to stay safe.
Pelicans can eat humans if they want too.
Pelicans have actually eaten dead humans before or at least tried although a pelicans diet consists mostly of fish and sometimes other birds.
A pelican can hurt you if they wanted too.
Although pelicans rarely attack humans so you're generally safe from a pelican attack but you still should be careful around them.
The pelican is native to Australia which is where pelicans are most common.
Pelicans are very common throughout most of Australia and small numbers occur in Indonesia, New Guinea and the Western Pacific islands.
The pelican birds inhabit fresh and salt water lakes and estuaries, rivers, swamps and seashores.
Pelicans live in the US and other locations which include southern California, the Gulf States, Mexico, and Central America.
Populations breeding in Texas and Mexico are resident.
Pelicans live and find habitats around coastal beaches and lagoons.
Although their native range includes the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts, brown pelicans spend a lot of time on small islands away from populated areas.
Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae.
They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing.
They have predominantly pale plumage, except for the brown and Peruvian pelicans.
Brown pelicans search for fish by flying low over the water.
There are more than half a dozen species of pelicans, but all of them have the famous throat pouch for which the birds are best known.
These large birds use their elastic pouches to catch fish—though different species use it in different ways.
A pelican's typical fish selection primarily depends on its location, but common fish across the world are menhaden, herring, sheepshead, pigfish, minnows, silversides, and mullet.
Pelicans that live on the Pacific coast often rely on anchovies and sardines to make up the bulk of their fish diet.
A group of baby pelicans has no specific name, and you'd rarely see a group of baby pelicans together.
Pelicans nest in their breeding pairs and tend to isolate themselves from the flock whilst rearing chicks that are ready to fledge in around just 12 weeks.
Offshore at night is where the pelicans roost and then during the day they loaf.
Some loafing sites consists of pilings, jetties, sandbars, breakwaters, and islands.
On the Atlantic and Gulf coast, the brown pelicans move to small predator-free islands to breed.
Pelicans are not capable of sustained flapping flight, but can remain in the air for 24 hours, covering hundreds of kilometers.
They are excellent soarers and can use thermals to rise to considerable altitudes.
Flight at 1,000m is common, and heights of 3 000 m have been recorded.