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Pelican swallows cell phone at zoo
A pelican at the Tautphaus Park Zoo in Idaho Falls, Idaho, swallowed something other than food recently when a cell phone that had been dropped in a pool at the exhibit made its way “down the hatch.” The flock in the exhibit were playing with the phone Monday until one of the birds swallowed it. For three hours, zookeepers couldn’t figure out which bird did it until the culprit coughed up the goods. Zoo officials released statements following the event cautioning visitors to be careful with their personal belongings and consider the health and safety of the animals.
The local officials haven’t yet figured out who owns the mystery phone. Visitors at the zoo reported that they noticed the pelicans tossing something back and forth then one of them swallowed it. Zoo keepers couldn’t figure out from witness descriptions which one of the birds ate the phone.They nearly had to X-ray the entire flock when one of them finally regurgitated it and saved everyone a lot of trouble. Thankfully all of the pelicans now appear to be in good health and returning to zoo life as normal.
