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# Pelicans crash California graduation, 1 lands on red carpet
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/pelicans-crash-california-graduation-1-lands-on-red-carpet/
- Published: 2018-05-01T16:09:40.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-04T14:03:01.000Z
- Author: Associated Press
- Tags: Community, ap, associated press, News, santa monica daily press, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 12:50

A pair of pelicans crashed a graduation ceremony at Pepperdine University in the California beachfront community of Malibu over the weekend.

The long-beaked birds flew in Saturday as the class of 2018 was receiving diplomas outdoors on a lawn overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Video broadcast by KABC-TV shows one of the big birds landed among seated observers who managed to toss it back into the air, only to have it land on a red carpet at the center of the ceremony.

The pelican resisted efforts by several men to get it to move along.

It finally waddled away.

Associated Press