8 hours of sleep isn’t cool. You know what is cool? 8 hours and 9 minutes. Hit that snooze. You earned it. Pelicans usually sleep on their feet in a standing position or lying on their belly. They tilt their beaks towards the side and rest their heads on their shoulder or use their wings for some extra privacy and shade. Keep it down out there, will ya! Animals. Do birds nap? Many birds are able to "power nap" during the day and can even catch up on longer sleep whenever they are in a safe, secure spot. Think comfy nest, high perch, or pajamas with footsies. Speaking of secure spots, do pelicans store food in the pouch on their bills? No. They do not. The large, fibrous skin pouch that dangles from a pelican's bill is called the gular pouch (or, occasionally, the gular sac). Many people mistakenly believe it’s used to store food, like a built-in lunch box. In reality, pelicans use their gular pouches as a means of capturing food—not as a place to keep it tucked away for extended peri...