Petros the pelican

In 1958 a wounded pelican was found off the coast of Mykonos shore by a local fisherman. The pelican was nursed to health and remained on the island supported by locals. It soon adopted the name Petros, as a joke between the locals, as petro in Greek means rock, stone but metaphorically hard and horny. To great disappointment by locals and tourists alike, Petros was hit by a car on 2 December 1985 and failed to recover.Subsequently, three new pelicans reside around the main town of Mykonos. One, honorifically, was given the name Petros.