What is Booby?
{{About|seabirds|the part of human anatomy|breast}} [[File:Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) -one leg raised.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A booby]] A '''booby''' is a [[seabird]] in the [[genus]] Sula, in the order [[Suliformes]]. Boobies are large birds with long pointed wings and bills. They hunt [[fish]] and [[squid]] by diving into the sea and [[wikt:chasing|chasing]] their [[prey]] underwater. Facial air sacs under their skin help protect the [[wikt:impact|impact]] with the water. Boobies get their name because of their [[wikt:lack|lack]] of fear of humans. Early [[mariners]] named them boobies to [[wikt:denote|denote]] their believed lack of [[intelligence]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/bps/edit/topic?topicId=73280&topicTitle=booby|title=Booby|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online|access-date=2010-08-21}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{commonscat|Sula}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Seabirds]] [[Category:Suliformes]]