RVer Bitten By Aggressive Pelican

RVing in the Corpus Christi, Texas area brought me and my fishing pole out to Mustang Island. Mrs. Professor was there to do some serious birding and I was there to do some serious fishing. Some folks next to me were feeding the pelicans small perch they were catching and apparantly the birds came to believe us fishermen were their personal food service providers. My fishing neighbors left and these two freeloaders came calling. I pulled up a little perch and one of the pelicans scarfed him into his bill hook and all. I yanked the fish out of his mouth knowing that a fish hook is not the way he should get his daily iron requirement. As I was pulling the fish off the hook Peter the Pelican holding up a sign "Won't Work For Food" grabbed the fish out of my hand and in the process punctured my hand with the tip of his bill. He actually drew blood requiring immediate medical attention and a tetanus shot for the bird. I scolded him asking him where he had left his Texas manners. The fish was completely traumatized caught in a dark peristaltic tunnel wishing he had not dropped out of school. And me, well, I was thinking that I'm sure glad Pterodactyls don't exist anymore. In fact, I'm burning those old Pterodactyls in my RV fuel tank at over $4.00 bucks a gallon. Now I'm thinking about how I can do that with pelicans. Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing