RIP Mr Percival

Gringo (aka Mr Percival) recently passed away at Adelaide Zoo. Hear more about the star from the movie "Storm Boy".

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[thesurfsflat]

Wow....sad news indeed. My daughter had just seen "Storm Boy" at her school two days ago. Now I see this, albeit a year late.

Thanks Mr Percival......

[skepticoz]

"And everything lives on in their hearts the wind-talk and wave-talk, and the scribblings on the sand; the Coorong, the salt smell of the beach, the humpy and the long days of their happiness together. And always, above them, in their mind's eye, they can see the shape of two big wings in the storm-clouds and the flying scud the winds of white with trailing black edges spread across the sky. For birds like Mr Percival do not really die."

[33Keith33]

I've always loved pelicans (especially the brown pelicans near me in Louisiana). So sorry for your loss.

[ZooVisitorMM]

He had a good life at the Adelaide Zoo, where he was a true star every day, like all the other animals and staff there.