Yep. It was inevitable. The booby post. This is where we experiment to see how much our blog traffic increases with all those adolescent saps Googling for pr0n in mom’s basement, when we mention the word "boobies." Here we go.
Isla Isabela has a fairly large population of at least two species of booby – the blue-footed booby, shown above; and the brown booby. Here’s a nice brown booby right here:
If blue-footeds are more your style, look at this fine pair of boobies:
Of course, for those who prefer multiple boobies, there are these brown boobies in family groups:
A booby’s life is a hard one. Boobies seem pretty docile but the teenage boobies like to try to land on top of sailboats’ masts. Which at first is all entertaining, until you realize that if the booby actually succeeds in landing on your mast, his weight will trash the wind instruments up there. So then the hapless booby gets hollered at from down below. Boobies are very aggressive and skilled divers for fish; unfortunately the frigates harass them for those fish without mercy. Plus the frigates muscle the boobies out of the prime nesting spots on Isla Isabela. Pity the poor boobies. So much enterprise, so little reward.
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