Published 19:21 IST, April 16th 2020

Ever wondered what's inside the beak of pelican? Watch this rare video

Indian Forest Service officer Sudha Ramen shared a rare video of pelican bird showing what's inside its long slender beak. The clip shows a large throat pouch.

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Indian Forest Service officer Sudha Ramen shared a rare video of pelican bird showing what's inside its long slender beak. Ramen shared video on Twitter which has since garnered a lot of reactions from netizens. In video, waterbird can be seen opening its mouth which shows long beak and a large throat pouch that it uses for catching prey and draining water from scooped-up contents before swallowing. 

5-second long clip has been watched over 1,800 times since it was shared on morning of April 16. video has received 214 likes so far and still counting. Tweeples are all praise for video and have been flooding Sudha's timeline with positive comments since video was uploed. 

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Pelican birds belong to family of Pelecanidae and are mostly found near water bodies, hence, name water birds were acquired. population of pelicans has fallen rapidly in recent past causing huge concern among environmentalists. birds are found in all continents except for Antarctica as y prefer warmer regions as ir habitats.

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Half world is currently placed under lockdown in order to block spre of vel coronavirus. Animals are coming out of ir usual hiding places and are regaining ir rights to nature by taking over streets of cities and towns all over world. Videos and pictures of elephants, deers, civet, Kashmiri goats coming out in open amid lockdown have been doing rounds on social media for months w. 

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19:30 IST, April 16th 2020