Petros (pelican)
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petros-pelican-204-4261104
title:
Petros (pelican)
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Petros was a great white pelican. It was the official mascot of the Greek island of Mykonos. In 1958, a wounded pelican was found off the coast of Mykonos by a local fisherman. The pelican was nursed to health and remained on the island supported by locals. It soon adopted the name "Petros", as a joke among locals, as "petro" in Greek means "rock" or "stone", but metaphorically "old and grumpy". Petros was hit and killed by a car in December 1985. Subsequently, three new pelicans took up residen
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petros_(pelican)
date created:
2007-06-13T18:54:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T20:14:27Z
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