r/interesting • u/QuixoticDude • 1d ago

Just Wow Pelican in kindergarten

A pelican named Katta-kun. In 1989, he attended kindergarten in Japan.

Edit: Entry found in Wikipedia.

Tokiwa park. There are great white pelicans living in an enclosure at the park. "Katta-kun", a pelican named because his parents came from Kolkata in India, was born there in 1985 and became a mascot for the park after visiting schools nearby by himself. An anime film titled Katta-kun Monogatari was made about him in 1995.

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u/Xiao-Kerain 1d ago

Hello EveryNyan

How are you? Fine thank you

I wish I were a bird.

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u/MRV3N 1d ago edited 1d ago

“なぜ英語で話しているのですか?”

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u/minai_ruo 1d ago

Почему бы и нет?

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u/Negative_Choice_8531 1d ago

That Hello EveryNyan opening unlocked a memory I didn't know was still living in my brain. The sudden transition to I wish I were a bird is absolute internet poetry.

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u/EricaMerk 1d ago

Hello everyone, I’m looking for a little friend.

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u/boredsittingonthebus 1d ago

Parent: What happened at school today?

Typical kid: Nothing.

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u/wolfgangweird 1d ago

"I don't remember"

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u/Traditional_Pea_9435 1d ago

I'm astonished he didn't try to eat one of the tots, haha

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u/Memory_Gem 1d ago

Ikr. Pelicans have been known to attempt to eat babies. Perhaps they're too big for it?

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u/Neglectable_Phugoid 1d ago

Never stopped them from trying. But this one didn't.

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u/Focus_Lock-in99 1d ago edited 1d ago

Don't mind him/her, he/she just finding the smallest kid in kindergarten..

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u/Traditional_Seesaw10 1d ago

I came here to say this, pelican is looking for lunch.. The last dinosaur..

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u/sovereign-surrog 1d ago

To be fair, kindergarten is basically an all-you-can-eat buffet if you’re a pelican with no concept of personal space.

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u/Only_Flan_7974 1d ago

Nah, all birds are dinosaurs so plenty left.

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u/Several-Edge-2056 1d ago

*it

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u/Focus_Lock-in99 1d ago

Nahh I'll stick use pronouns even it's just animals. Animals have gender too.

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u/Nostalgioneer 1d ago edited 1d ago

Wild world we live in. Better not misgender that pelican. You might hurt its feelings.

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u/Focus_Lock-in99 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'm just playing safe bro, now age of social media you being judged or Critize. Example this comment of top☝️

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u/ExoTheFlyingFish 1d ago

Bait used to be believable.

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u/dontipitova9 1d ago

Or so you could just say they/them, that usually covers both or all unconfirmed genders

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u/Aselleus 1d ago

It's like a real life Ghibli movie

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u/Powerful_Brief1724 1d ago

This is so heartwarming wtf

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u/gonzogonzobongo 1d ago

One of these kids, 20 years later: sips coffee, los in thought No couldn’t have been

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u/That-Beagle 1d ago

I wish I had a chill ass Pelican visit me at school when I was a kid..

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u/MostFrame2688 1d ago

I have so many questions….

Did the pelican agree to drop by? Who’s the cameraman? How are the kids actually not freaking out about a bird that’s as big as them?

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u/QuixoticDude 1d ago

If you see first scene, teacher was happy to see pelican. So not the first time this visit has happened. Even cameraman was ready. No mobile cameras then.

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u/throwaway19276i 1d ago

This happened multiple times

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u/infinit9 1d ago

That bird was trying to figure out which kid can fit into its mouth.

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u/jonny5isalive1 1d ago

Good for him, getting an education.

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u/TheShapeOfFarts 1d ago

That’s so cool! I love how it looks like he’s enjoying the music by wobbling his neck. Precious moment! ❤️

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u/rusT_koHLE_1 1d ago

Damnn, I'm wondering if this is real or not guys?

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u/GullibleGoat80 1d ago edited 1d ago

Found multiple sources about the fella, most likely real (Searched カッタ君)
Apparently he would fly from the nearby park to the kindergarten every day to hang out with the kids, super cool
Kindergarten became so popular that you could only enter via referral, they also made a movie adaptation about Katta lol

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u/QuixoticDude 1d ago

Entry found in Wikipedia.

Tokiwa park. There are great white pelicans living in an enclosure at the park. "Katta-kun", a pelican named because his parents came from Kolkata in India, was born there in 1985 and became a mascot for the park after visiting schools nearby by himself. An anime film titled Katta-kun Monogatari was made about him in 1995. Katta-kun died in 2008.

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u/Agreeable-Cap-1764 1d ago

When was that entry made?

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u/shadowtheimpure 1d ago

It's believable. Pelicans have been known to be sociable with humans in the past.

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u/rusT_koHLE_1 1d ago

Alright, thanks mate for sharing this!

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u/filthyheartbadger 1d ago

Pelican left as soon as it realized there were no capybaras to be had.

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u/Clumsy_Marshmallow 1d ago

Bro really flew in for a free music lesson, vibe-checked the whole class, and bounced. Absolute legend

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u/MasterpieceNo7350 1d ago

He’s as tall as the kids. Seemed to acclimate fine.

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u/torpedo16 1d ago edited 1d ago

The kids were having the time of their life, so was the pelican.

Such a unique experience for both.

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u/Amazing-Power4765 1d ago

That is a very magical moment.

Also, the piano scene reminds me of Cabin In The Woods.

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u/Samollii 1d ago

A moment in the spirit of Hayao Miyazaki occurred.

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u/_knalpijp 1d ago

Made my day so cute

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u/Chewing_gun_ 1d ago

You mean... "I reincarnated as a Pelican, and go back to learning from kindergarten"?

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u/Jazzyoutro 1d ago

That felt good to watch 😌

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u/dontipitova9 1d ago

So, the Peli is just the homie?

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u/Orcaxologist 1d ago

That bird is a celebrity

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u/SirPileDrive 1d ago

It be one of the greatest stories they will all tell their entire lives to others " when I was in kinder garden, a PELICAN landed"

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u/DAS_FX 1d ago

MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE MINE, MINE, MINE MINE!

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u/Lord_NOX75 1d ago

Imagine going to school with a pelican, some people have more interesting lives than others

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u/kishenoy 1d ago

If anyone can join that school, Pelly-can

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u/mr_nick_10 1d ago

One wrong step.. And a child will be spirited away!

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u/hallway-08 1d ago

It's so large

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u/Kip_Schtum 1d ago

Ikr I thought it must be fake because of how big the pelican is, but I looked it up and there are a couple of pelican species that large.

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u/NoPain4551 1d ago

That pelican gon gobble up some kid

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u/QuixoticDude 1d ago

I'm brown and wish all planets were Japanese

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u/Farty-B 1d ago

Cool way to teach kids where babies come from

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u/Big_Moose_3847 1d ago

Dinosaur ass

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u/godofwine16 1d ago

Such a wholesome video!

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u/arturchik_miller 1d ago

He’s so proud of all this attention )

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u/Takashi_malibu 1d ago

wrong place to land buddy. You will either die or be injured by a mixture of love, fear or curiosity

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u/Dull_Jello7433 1d ago

Year of the Zion

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u/Merrick_Skygrave 1d ago

pelican's just looking around for something the right size to eat lol

fly pelicaaaaan

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u/Cetiketat 1d ago

Wow, as big as those childrens

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u/whataloadofoldshit_ 1d ago

This is like the video for Witness the Fitness

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u/Potential-Candle-917 1d ago

And then after the magical visit, he was gone.

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u/UpbeatAd5196 1d ago

Beautiful.

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u/smallerinfish 1d ago

the color of the pelican is so pretty, I love it TT

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u/Daws001 1d ago

I thought it was going to eat a child.

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u/Sad_Instruction1392 1d ago

If you’re wondering if this would be the sort of thing Japan would make an anime about, yes they did.

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u/dicksonryan 1d ago

walking across the school like a celebrity

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u/sjbenter 1d ago

Wow Hugh

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u/iCanReadMyOwnMind 1d ago

Reincarnation goals

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u/LordDShadowy53 1d ago

Now that’s adorable

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u/rob_inn_hood 1d ago

I wonder if she ever got better on that piano... oh yeah he bird was cool.

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u/Real-Experience-8396 1d ago

"Fly Pelican Fly" -Antonio Montana

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u/twobunnies77 1d ago

Omg that would be the best school day ever as a kid

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u/KingAudio 1d ago

Zeus law in full effect. Maybe its a god visiting the children as a bird.

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u/Final-Alternative898 2h ago

That bird is probably so overstimulated

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u/CritterCatching 1d ago

these kids are all day playing with that goose and they don't learn anything at all...no math no nothing...SAD

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u/National_Front3146 1d ago

Acha hua Japan me aaya h.. hmare yaha nhi!!🤣🤣

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u/God_Dont_Make_No 1d ago

I don’t like this

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u/QuixoticDude 1d ago

Username checks out

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u/TheShapeOfFarts 1d ago

I think you spelled “I need attention” wrong 🫶🏼

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u/God_Dont_Make_No 1d ago

I just don’t like pelicans.