Found out my "beach office" coworker was a pelican for 3 days

I work from hostels in Mexico and thought this dude in a white shirt was just really into staring at the ocean while typing. Day 3 I realize it's a pelican sitting on a cooler, perfectly still, with its dumb beak facing my direction the whole time. Looked it up and apparently they do that to cool off or digest fish. Anyway, has anyone else mistaken an animal for a fellow remote worker or am I losing it?

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carr.willow10d ago

I actually just read something about this exact thing. Some biologist found that pelicans will sit completely still like that for hours after eating, and they sometimes pick spots near people because they feel safer from predators. So that coworker pelican was just digesting its fish dinner and using you as a security blanket. I think it's kind of sweet if you ignore the part where you were being silently watched by a bird for three days. Now I'm going to be suspicious of every motionless person in a white shirt near water.

wyatt_green10d ago

Three days in a row? That pelican claimed you as its personal bodyguard.