Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/05

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Subject: [Leica] Why are these birds called boobies?
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 15:04:02 -0400
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At 02:32 PM 5/5/2009, you wrote:
>No, it's not sharp. But he didn't pose for any length of time.
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/various/N-SA00-090430096.jpg.html


Hilarious - and perfectly illustrates the name.

 From Wiki:  The name "booby" comes from the Spanish term bobo, which 
means "Stupid" or "Fool"/"Clown". This is because the Blue-footed 
Booby is clumsy on the land. Like other seabirds, they can be very 
tame.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-footed_Booby#cite_note-0>[1]

Tina

Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com
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