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Related: About this forumBlue-footed Booby in Full Dive
Paul Vanderveen
Rob Kroenert - Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. Taken from a beach at Puerto Villamil, the largest city on the island of Isabela.
Blue Footed Boobies during a feeding frenzy in the Galapagos Islands. Filmed from the lower deck of La Pinta small ship, footage shows above and below water wildlife action as blue-footed boobies dive-bomb from the air and swim underwater, making synchronized attacks at a giant bait ball of small fish.
When diving for fish, blue-footed boobies have developed air sacs in the skull that serve as built-in shock absorbers to counteract the force when they hit the water from tall heights.
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Blue-footed Booby in Full Dive (Original Post)
Donkees
Jan 2023
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JohnnyRingo
(19,402 posts)1. Looks like an Lockheed SR 71.
Just enough wing area to adjust trajectory.
What an amazing sight. I wonder how they caught that image.
Thanx for posting
ECL213
(319 posts)2. Tee-hee-hee. You said booby.
StClone
(11,869 posts)5. Yes you read it right!
Why Boobies ?
The booby takes its name from the Spanish word bobo. a term meaning stupid, which is how early European characterized these clumsy birds when they saw them moving around on land, a problem also faced by the north Atlantic gannets.
panader0
(25,816 posts)3. I sometimes think that I have air sacs in my skull too.
StClone
(11,869 posts)4. What is weird is Woodpeckers have no such protection!