The brown pelican is not only the state bird of Louisiana (pictured on the state seal and state flag). It is also the beloved Tulane University mascot, Riptide.
There is a beautiful and elegant reason the pelican was chosen. The mother brown pelican is self-sacrificing and pious. If need be, she will willingly pluck flesh from her own breast to feed her young. What an incredible image of true love and devotion. If this isn't a noble bird, I don't know what is. That is one of the many reasons it breaks my heart when I see these majestic birds covered in oil in the Gulf. If only we could be more like the Brown Pelican and be willing to sacrifice for our future generations...
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