Blue-footed Booby in Full Dive

[Donkees]

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.

[JohnnyRingo]

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]

2. Tee-hee-hee. You said booby.

[StClone]

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]

3. I sometimes think that I have air sacs in my skull too.

[StClone]

4. What is weird is Woodpeckers have no such protection!

https://www.science.org/content/article/contrary-popular-belief-woodpeckers-don-t-protect-their-brains-when-headbanging-trees