hey guys, it's time to talk about
Blue-footed Boobies, to be exact
it looks like a fucking muppet are you kidding me?
the Blue-footed Booby is a type of fish-eating seabird closely related to gannets and frigatebirds, though they will both deny this if you ask them
(a little judgey for what looks like an attempt to include a working airbag in a bird, but we digress)
while graceful and daring in the air, Blue-footed Boobies are just kind of a shambling mess on land, barely coordinated enough to get by.
early Spanish explorers noticed this trait and named the species, well… Boobies. because they’re a bunch of fucking clowns.
it’s pretty self-explanatory.
I thought it was a term of endearment
like their relatives, the Boobies lack external nostrils of any sort. this is because their entire feeding strategy is to slam themselves face-first into the ocean at speeds approaching 60mph.
you can laugh, but every fish in that patch of water is shitting itself right now
Blue-Footed Boobies form monogamous pairs to raise chicks, and you might have heard of their mating dance. it mostly involves a lot of drunken shambling.
I’m sure it’s very special to them.
the pair work together to hatch two or three eggs, which fairly quickly becomes just one as the strongest chick murders its siblings in front of its uncaring parents
adorable! nature is just the worst, guys. the worst.
in spite of all this, though, we can’t help but love these goofy bastards. must be the muppet factor.
sing along, children! this is how we count to ten!
(goddammit. they may be terrible parents, but we just can’t stay mad at them.)
dededos
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