Reports, as yet unconfirmed by this journalist, say that, several hours
earlier, these pelicans were seen in the company of several airline pilots.
Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Subject: California pelicans held on suspicion of being drunk
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 13:11:43 -0400
From: Walter Kwami [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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California pelicans held on suspicion of being drunk
Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:14 AM BST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four pelicans suspected of being drunk on sea algae
were being tested at a Southern California wildlife centre on Saturday after
one of them crashed headlong into a car.
Three of the California brown pelicans were found wandering dazed in the
streets of Laguna Beach after another pelican struck a vehicle's windscreen
on a nearby coast road.
It suffered internal injuries and a long gash in its pouch and was
undergoing toxicology tests.
Officials at the Wildlife Care Centre said the seabirds may have been under
the influence of algae in the ocean that can produce domoic acid poisoning
when eaten.
The other pelicans were rounded up after assistant wildlife director Lisa
Birkle warned the public to be on the lookout for birds acting drunk,
disoriented or being in an unusual place.
Shellfish tainted with domoic acid was thought to be the culprit behind a
1961 attack of seabirds on people and cars in the oceanside California town
of Capitola that inspired Alfred Hitchcock's horror movie The Birds.
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