Booby

A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets (Morus), which were formerly included in Sula.

Description

Boobies hunt fish by diving from a height into the sea and pursuing their prey underwater. Facial air sacs under their skin cushion the impact with the water. Boobies are colonial breeders on islands and coasts. They normally lay one or more chalky-blue eggs on the ground or sometimes in a tree nest.

Name

Their name was possibly based on the Spanish slang term bobo, meaning "stupid", as these tame birds had a habit of landing on board sailing ships, where they were easily captured and eaten. Owing to this, boobies are often mentioned as having been caught and eaten by shipwrecked sailors, notably William Bligh of the Bounty and his adherents during their famous voyage after being set adrift by Fletcher Christian and his followers.

Systematics and evolution

Six of the ten extant Sulidae species called boobies are in the genus Sula, while the three gannet species are usually placed in the genus Morus.Abbott's booby was formerly included in Sula but is now placed in a monotypic genus Papasula, which represents an ancient lineage perhaps closer to Morus.

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Booby (disambiguation)

The booby is a type of seabird.

Booby or boobie may also refer to:

Slang

  • Breast, upper part of the torso of a primate

    • Places

  • Booby Island (Queensland), Queensland, Australia
  • Booby Island (Kimberley), Western Australia
  • Booby Island (Saint Kitts and Nevis), a mile offshore of (but not officially claimed by) Saint George Basseterre Parish
  • Booby Cay, one of the three Swan Islands, Honduras
  • Booby Pond, Cayman Islands - see Booby Pond Nature Reserve

    • As a nickname

  • Boobie Clark (1949–1988), American National Football League player
  • Russell Clark (criminal) (1898–1968), American thief, bank robber and prison escapee nicknamed "Boobie"
  • Anthony Dixon (born 1987), American National Football League player nicknamed "Boobie"
  • Daniel Gibson (born 1986), American National Basketball Association player nicknamed "Booby" or "Boobie"
  • Boobie Miles (born 1970), American high school football player

    • Other uses

  • Booby, a Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle - see BUAA UAV
  • Sir Thomas Booby and Lady Booby, characters in the novel Joseph Andrews
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    Htt sich rentiert, he ess nix mieh, wat zo dunn htt met dir, nur om
    Flur dat verstemmte Klavier.
    Ahnunfrsich denk ich kaum noch ahn dich,
    Jarkei Problem ich hann alles om Schirm.
    Ahnunfrsich denk ich kauf noch ahn dich,
    Ahnunfrsich.
    Joot, ich hann lnger nit opjerhmp
    Un dat Leejut knnt och weg, stemmp.
    Vver nit, dat mer he nix mieh fingk,
    Fing och nit, dat die Sphlmaschin
    Noh Mllmmer stink
    Un d Lou Reed noh Beerdijung klingk.
    Wat wei ich, wovun d'm Augebleck singk!?
    Nobby sht, et jv ene Typ,
    Wo mer dich neuerdings off met sieht.
    Denk jetz nit, dat mir dat ir'ndjet mht.
    Jedenfalls, wenn d lppsch weed, roof ahn, saach
    Mer Bescheid. Ich kumm jhn ens koot me'm Hammer vorbei un bring ihm




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