I stopped to watch a man fishing with a throw net on the beach in Tulum and was surprised at how much attention he received. Sure there were a number of people standing around the shoreline watching but it was the 5 pelicans lurking and waiting for each toss to become active. The moment this man started to pull in his nets it was a frenzy of splashing, an active tug-o-war and a century old game of speed. 

The fisherman would pull his net to shore and have to transfer the small fish from the net to a small plastic bag quicker than the pelicans that are truing to snatch an easy feast. With a small crowd of onlookers that included a police officer I'm sure that each of the pelicans snatched up much more then they might have in a remote location. At one point the fisherman had to pick up a pelican and gracefully move it aside to be able to get to the fish in the net.