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- Title: Pelican's Flight
- Description: Brown Pelicans are marine carnivores, feeding primarily on small schooling fish such as anchovies, sardines or mackerel. In fact, it is estimated that Brown Pelicans off the southern California coast eat about one percent of the total anchovy biomass. Brown Pelicans are the only pelican that dive for their food. Typical dives are from 10-30 feet above the water's surface, but these hunters can dive from up to 100 feet in the air. When diving, Brown Pelicans turns their bodies to the left to protect the trachea and esophagus located on the right side of their neck. Brown Pelicans also have air sacs throughout their body to help cushion their internal organs from impact. Diving pelicans hit the water's surface with enough force to stun small fish as much as six feet below the water's surface, then scoop up to three pounds of water into their pouch. Once at the water's surface the pelican tosses their head forward to drain water from the pouch and then tips its head backwards to position the fish head first and swallows.
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- Added: Oct 7, 2021
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