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Throughout the marshes and along sandy beaches, visitors will see pelicans wading around piers with their gular pouches full of fish.
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Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Dec. 2025
In both groups, anoles performed a throat-pumping action called gular pumping, which many types of lizards use to supplement their lungs with oxygen.
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Mindy Weisberger,
CNN,
17 Sep. 2024
Herons, nighthawks, pelicans, doves, and owls cool themselves with gular fluttering, a frequent vibration of their throat membranes, which increases airflow and thus increases evaporation.
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Jeff Goodell,
Time,
6 July 2023
The dolphin reorients the fish while still pulling the lip down and expanding the gular area apparently eliciting intraoral pressure reduction, yet the fish almost escapes.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
1 Jan. 2023
The way pelicans cool off, Naish and Stiteler said, is by holding the beak open while fluttering the gular pouch with each breath, somewhat similar to how dogs pant – but more efficiently and without loss of body fluids.
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Miriam Fauzia,
USA TODAY,
1 Sep. 2021
Frigate birds soar above us, their balloon-like red gular pouches inflated below their beaks.
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Mary Holland,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Aug. 2019
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Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Dec. 2025
In both groups, anoles performed a throat-pumping action called gular pumping, which many types of lizards use to supplement their lungs with oxygen.
—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN,
17 Sep. 2024
Herons, nighthawks, pelicans, doves, and owls cool themselves with gular fluttering, a frequent vibration of their throat membranes, which increases airflow and thus increases evaporation.
—
Jeff Goodell,
Time,
6 July 2023
The dolphin reorients the fish while still pulling the lip down and expanding the gular area apparently eliciting intraoral pressure reduction, yet the fish almost escapes.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
1 Jan. 2023
The way pelicans cool off, Naish and Stiteler said, is by holding the beak open while fluttering the gular pouch with each breath, somewhat similar to how dogs pant – but more efficiently and without loss of body fluids.
—
Miriam Fauzia,
USA TODAY,
1 Sep. 2021
Frigate birds soar above us, their balloon-like red gular pouches inflated below their beaks.
—
Mary Holland,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Aug. 2019
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“Gular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gular. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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