Petros (pelican) Petros (pelican) Petros was a great white pelican. It was the official mascot of the Greek island of Mykonos. In 1958, a wounded pelican was found off the coast of Mykonos by a local fisherman. The pelican was nursed to health and remained on the island supported by locals. It soon adopted the name "Petros", as a joke among locals, as "petro" in Greek means "rock" or "stone", but metaphorically "old and grumpy". Petros was hit and killed by a car in December 1985. Subsequently, three new pelicans took up residence around the main town of Mykonos. One, honorifically, was
Petro (cryptocurrency) is worth a hundred thousand bolivar fuerte. Under the country's fixed exchange rate to the US dollar the new currency is devalued by roughly 95% compared to the old bolivar fuerte. Additionally, the new bolívar soberano has a fixed exchange rate to the petro, with a rate of 3,600 bolívares soberanos to one petro. The petro's fixed exchange to barrels of oil is one to one (the market value was approximately US $60 at the time of the reforms). As part of the reforms Venezuelans will be paid at least 0.5 petros a month. Following the reform, Reuters investigated the