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NATURE CREW: PELICANS

These beaks, which have unusually large throat pouches, make pelicans expert fishermen. While they might look fragile, these stretchy pouches can expand to hold gallons of water and a whole lot of wriggling fish.

There are eight species of pelicans worldwide, and two of them are found in North America: the brown pelican and the American white pelican. Telling them apart is easy — just go by their

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