Sat 5.10.08
Holy Bird Beaks! It’s Not Just The Sharks You Gotta Worry About in Florida
Debbie Shoemaker was wading in waist-deep water in the Gulf of Mexico when she felt something ram into her face.
It was a pelican! And it’s beak totally skewered her cheek. Shoemaker was taken to the emergency room, where a plastic surgeon gave her 26 stitches.
Floridians know to watch for stingrays, sharks, and gators but pelicans are usually considered harmless.
Shoemaker was staying at a Treasure Island hotel and went for a swim. When the pelican struck her, she saw it out of the corner of her eye. “I immediately put my hand to my face, and blood was just gushing out.”
Dang!
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