Friday, February 04, 2022

Pelican Learns To Fly



An orphan pelican was taken in by the staff of Greystoke Mahale safari camp in Tanzania, and they named him Bigbird. Well, he is pretty big. Bigbird had to learn to fly from humans, so it’s a wonder he ever managed to do it. They made it even harder by strapping a GoPro on his beak. I don’t know if that’s the greatest idea for the pelican, but it sure gives us a unique POV video. (via Buzzfeed)

1 comment:

MarkOfIowa said...

Obviously, his head is going to remain stationary in the video (the camera is stuck to his bill!!!), but I find it interesting that for the most part no matter what his body is doing, his head remains level with the horizon. Never thought about that...

Cool video! Thanks for finding this, Miss C!