In 1958, an injured pelican was nursed back to health by a fisherman on Mykonos. The locals named him Petros and he was a town favorite and a symbol of Mykonos. He was sadly hit by a car in 1985 and died.
Three new pelicans took residence on the island, a male and two females. They named the male Petros in honor of the original and he is found around the harbor in old town daily, strutting his stuff, menacing tourists, and stealing fish.