Biology
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Morphology The word "booby" comes from the Spanish "bobo," meaning "stupid fellow," and was probably inspired by the bird's clumsiness on land and apparently unwarranted bravery. (They are extremely vulnerable to human visitors because they do not appear to fear us.) A tropical seabird with famous bright blue webbed feet, a brown and white-streaked head, blue-gray facial skin, and a solid white body, they may approach 1.5 m in wingspan. The bird itself is a little under a meter long (about the size of a goose), with a long curved neck and can live as long as 17 years.
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Distribution Map
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Importance
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FACTS
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Vocabulary
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