Inspired by How to make an IO::Uncompress::Bunzip2 look like a GLOB 
#!/usr/bin/perl --

use strict;
use warnings;

eval {
    STDOUT->print( "can print ", UNIVERSAL::can( \*STDOUT, 'print' ), 
+"\n" );
    1;
} or print "$@\n";

require IO::Handle;
print "can print ", STDOUT->can('print') || '', "\n";

print "can print ", *STDOUT{IO}->can('print'), "\n";

__END__
Can't locate object method "print" via package "IO::Handle" at - line 
+7.

can print
can print CODE(0x188ae88)

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In reply to IO::Handle UNIVERSAL::can STDOUT print by Anonymous Monk

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