Kicker: Graduation crashers

MARY REICHARD, HOST: You’ve heard of wedding crashers?  Well, a couple of pelicans became graduation crashers Saturday at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.

AUDIO: Pelican noises

The pair of pelicans landed amid the stunned audience, flapping their 7-foot wings.

They made their way up to the red carpet and halted the seaside ceremony, briefly.

One of the birds didn’t take kindly to being shooed away— and snapped at an official.

The big birds eventually waddled off back toward the beach.

No one— fowl or faculty— was injured during the brief encounter.

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(Grant Dillion/Pepperdine University via AP) This Saturday, April 28, 2018 photo made from video provided by Pepperdine University shows one of a pair of pelicans crashing a graduation ceremony at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. 

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