Blue Footed Boobies

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Blue Footed Boobies

The most entertaining species of the Galapagos Islands is the Blue Footed Booby - what a ridiculous outfit and expression! Their name is in fact taken from the Spanish 'bobo' which means clown.

The Blue Footed Boobies above display part of their humorous courtship ritual whereby they raise their feet one at a time and then swivel their heads away from the prospective mate looking to the sky.
Other interesting Booby features are the highly evolved airbag sytems in their skulls which allow them to dive bomb into the sea for fish from great height, and the egg and hatchling nesting boundaries they make which are rings of Boobie poo. They aren't the only Booby on the island - there are also Masked and Red Footed Boobies about.
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