Incubating the Eggs. Photo By RJ Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWith so much emphasis put on these birds feet, I find it funny that they are incredibly clumsy and awkward looking on land.\u00a0 For this reason they usually only come to nest on land at night.\u00a0 Once that sun rises these birds hit the sky for some exciting hunting.\u00a0 Their food of choice just happens to be fish and will fly out to sea in order to find large schools. Once they spot their prey the dive is on.\u00a0 The Blue-Footed Boobie is an exceptional diver and will often plunge into the ocean from heights as high as 24 m (80′).\u00a0 I guess they wouldn’t have\u00a0 a problem jumping off the high diving board at the local pool.<\/p>\n
Blue-Footed Boobie Fast Fact:<\/strong> The term “Boobie” is believed to come from the Spanish word “bobo”.\u00a0 In English this term means “Stupid”.\u00a0 Not the nicest name for these animals and it is believed they received this name for their lack of grace on land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today’s Wild Fact was suggested by my brother, Clayton.\u00a0 Thanks buddy for recommending such an awesome bird. So what bird are we looking at today? Well my friend we are going to explore the world of the Blue-Footed Boobie which as you can see are aptly named after their bright blue feet. The Blue-Footed Boobie can be found in Central and South America with half of the breeding pairs located on the Galapagos Islands.\u00a0 As if I needed another reason to check out the birthplace of evolution. Believe it or not the blue feet are actually a status symbol.\u00a0 The <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,46,919,916,917,918,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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