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Petros (pelican)

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Subsequently, three new pelicans took up residence around the main town of Mykonos. One, honorifically, was given the name "Petros".
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by a local fisherman. The pelican was nursed to health and remained on the island supported by locals. It soon adopted the name "
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Index

Original Petros the Pelican in 1977

great white pelican
mascot
Greek
Mykonos
pelican
Mykonos
Petros
List of individual birds
"Greek Island Loses Treasured Friend When Petros The Pelican Dies"
"Mykonos Petros the Pelican"
the original
Categories
1985 animal deaths
Culture of Greece
Individual pelicans
Mykonos
Bird mascots
Individual animals in Greece

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