Petros was a Great White Pelican, who was the official mascot

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 of the Greek

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 island of Mykonos

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Mykonos is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island spans an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 9,320 inhabitants most of whom live in the largest town, Mykonos, which lies on the west coast. The town is also...

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In 1958 a wounded pelican

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 was found off the coast of Mykonos

Mykonos

Mykonos is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island spans an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 9,320 inhabitants most of whom live in the largest town, Mykonos, which lies on the west coast. The town is also...

 shore by a local fisherman. The pelican was nursed to health and remained on the island supported by locals. It soon adopted the name “Petros

Peter (given name)

Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived, via Latin "petra", from the Greek word πέτρος meaning "stone" or "rock"....

”, as a joke between the locals, as "petro" in Greek means rock, stone but metaphorically Old and Grumpy . To great disappointment by locals and tourists alike, Petros was hit by a car on 2 December 1985 and failed to recover.

Subsequently, three new pelicans reside around the main town of Mykonos. One, honorifically, was given the name Petros.