Petros (pelican) given the name "Petros". 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
Petro (cryptocurrency) Petro (cryptocurrency) The petro, or "petromoneda", launched in February 2018, is a cryptocurrency developed by the government of Venezuela. it does not appear to function as a currency. Announced in December 2017, it is supposed to be backed by the country's oil and mineral reserves, and is intended to supplement Venezuela's plummeting bolívar fuerte currency, as a means of circumventing U.S. sanctions and accessing international financing. On August 20, 2018 the bolívar soberano ("Sovereign Bolivar") was introduced, with the government stating it would be linked to the petro coin value. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced the petro in a televised