Injured pelican knocks on NOAA door seeking help in Florida

Injured pelican knocks on NOAA door seeking help in Florida

An injured brown pelican walked about half a kilometre to a NOAA marine research facility in Panama City, Florida, and pecked on a glass door until researchers responded. The bird had a fishing line and treble hook lodged in its right wing and cactus spines in its left foot. Biologists treated it in about five minutes before releasing it.

Source: WION

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