Ezekiel 5:2 One, they have a lot of babies (30-60 at a time), so mortality is unavoidable. Pelicans' defining feature is that they have the largest beaks in the world. Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.

That doesn't make the pelican an asshole, of course.

View all 36 animals that start with P. That helps facilitate their unique eating technique -- basically they scoop up a bucket full of dirty water and strain out everything but the edible bits. Here too the legend of the pelican feeding her young is described: "The little pelicans strike their parents, and the parents, striking back, kill them. But on the third day the mother pelican strikes and opens her side and pours blood over her dead young. Pelicans rest and nest together in these communities but often hunt and feed alone with the exception of the female pelican feeding her pelican chicks. After three days, the mother pierces her side or her breast and lets her blood fall on the dead birds, and thus revives them. So be it.

The two couples finished their last minute preparations and went to bed. Once something is caught, a pelican draws its pouch to its breast. And naturally, focusing their efforts on more viable offspring makes a lot of sense -- no matter how nasty it might seem to the hungry earwig nymph. Kind of like taking a big bite of dirt to find a potato. The second couple was having a boy and also prepared their nursery making it cozy and ready to bring in their new baby. It seems however that no-one has got around to giving a special name to baby pelicans. In this way they are revivified and made well. They feed by plunge-diving from high up, using the force of impact to stun small fish before scooping them up.

Pelicans plunge their bills into the water, using their pouches as nets.

Lamentations 4:10 The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. Scientists point out that there are some really compelling reasons that earwig moms zero in on healthier nymphs. Squadrons glide above the surf along southern and western coasts, rising and falling in a graceful echo of the waves.

The pelican chicks are known to gather together in small groups within the communal nesting site of their parents. Many birds and animals have specific names for their young, eg cygnets for swans, cubs for bears and kittens for cats. In this way they are revivified and made well. The Brown Pelican is a comically elegant bird with an oversized bill, sinuous neck, and big, dark body. Though the pelican has great love for its young, it strikes back and kills them. As young pelicans grow, they begin to strike their parents in the face with their beaks. But on the third day the mother pelican strikes and opens her side and pours blood over her dead young. Young pelicans feed by sticking their bills into their parents' throats to retrieve food. This empties the water and allows the bird to manoeuvre the prey into a swallowing position. Both couples then awaited and anticipated their babies arrival.

Pelicans are found on many of the world's coastlines and also along lakes and rivers.

Months passed by ever so slowly, when finally the day had arrived. Here too the legend of the pelican feeding her young is described: “The little pelicans strike their parents, and the parents, striking back, kill them.