Before learning how many fish they can fit into their mouths, it is important to understand how the pelican uses its mouth. Pelicans eat mostly fish, but will occasionally eat amphibians ...

Three monkeys swinging along on a bridge. A lone wolf howling at the sky. Two pelicans eating fish above a fish bar. A cat ...

Pelicans are also probably better anglers, too. They need to be, since each of their chicks can eat up to 150 pounds of fish before the little bird is 9 weeks old. With a three-gallon bill ...

Those sites are harder for predators like coyotes to access, and so offer protections to pelican chicks. They also provide easy access to food for adult birds that eat 4 pounds of fish per day.