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You why they're called Blue-Footed Boobies, right? (Original Post) Mr. Scorpio Dec 2022 OP
My breast surgeon has a painting of these in her waiting room Walleye Dec 2022 #1
They have a distinctive walk. House of Roberts Dec 2022 #2
But why are they called boobies? dutch777 Dec 2022 #3
Because they hadn't been to junior high school yet. rubbersole Dec 2022 #4
"booby" meant "stupid" to the early Spanish explorers' dialect DBoon Dec 2022 #5
or "Blue Footed MAGAts" nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2022 #7
They create 'nests' by pooping in a circle on flat land - like trails etc alittlelark Dec 2022 #8
Blue Footed Boobies Mating Dance Wild Love Goonch Dec 2022 #6

DBoon

(22,354 posts)
5. "booby" meant "stupid" to the early Spanish explorers' dialect
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 04:36 PM
Dec 2022

They thought the birds weren't too bright, so they named them "boobies"

If they were found today, we'd call them "Blue Footed Dumasses"

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
8. They create 'nests' by pooping in a circle on flat land - like trails etc
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 05:33 PM
Dec 2022

You have to look out for the eggs and young on the trails - u just look for poop circles.

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