What do you know about Pelicans?
Our new class name is the Pelicans! What amazing facts can you find out about these wonderful creatures? I wonder how much information we can gather as a class?!
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Pelican facts!
Our new class name is the Pelicans! What amazing facts can you find out about these wonderful creatures? I wonder how much information we can gather as a class?!
I found out that there are 8 spices of pelicans
I know that another name for a pelicans beak is a bill.
Pelicans are one of the largest birds they reach 10 to 30 pounds
There is an American white pelican and an Austrailian pelican
Where did you find these facts? Now I know a lot about Pelicans and
how they live.
I found that Pelicans eat 4 pounds of food every day
Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that makes up the family Pelecanidae.
Many pelicans hunt in cooperative groups.They may form a line or a ”u”shape and drive the fish into shallow water by beating their wings on the surface of the water. Then they simply scoop up the fish.
Hi Eve I didn’t know that Pellicans fish in pods.Thats a interesting fact.
I know that Pellicans have big beaks so they can scoop up fish because Pellicans eat fish.
I have found out lots of Pellicans names. There is a Pelican called a Brown Pellican. Other names of Pelicans are: A Great White Pellican, a Dalmatian Pellican, an Amearican White Pellican, an Austrailian Pellican, a Spot Bill Pellican, a Pink Backed Pellican and a Peruvian Pellican .
Pellicans are very big birds .
Pellicans are nice peaceful birds.
Pellicans beak is curved shaped
Pellicans do not know when fish are coming only some times .
The most common pelican is the great white pelican
Did you know that a pelicans beak can hold up to three buckets of fish?
I know 5 of the 8 species of pelican: Brown pelican, great white pelican, dalmation pelican, american pelican and australian pelican.
I have also learnt that pelicans are characterised by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped up contents before swallowing.