[Leica] Why are these birds called boobies?

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Bruce,

The Spaniards weere of course Spanish explorers reaching the the Eastern 
coast
of Southern America and the Galapagos.

Wikipedia gives:

"Blue-footed Boobies are distributed among the continental coasts of the 
eastern
Pacific Ocean to the Galapagos Islands and California."

Peter

bruce golding wrote:
> i have only seen them in the galapagos, peter. and there they are
> somewhat ungainly; due, i suppose to the size of those blue feet (not
> from the cold i guess).
> 
> b.
> 
> On 5-mei-2009, at 23:14, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> 
>> The term booby still exists in (UK) english, although these days it
>> would be
>> regarded as antiquated (like, for example, "popinjay". My 197x CHambers
>> Dictionary gives: " A lubberly lout; a stupid fellow; a boy at the
>> bottom of his
>> class; a sea bird of the gannet tribe, absurdly easy to catch". I
>> believe that
>> the name was given to the bird by the Spaniards because it was clumsy
>> ("stupid")
>> on land and hence easy to catch.
>>
>> Peter Dzwig
>>
>> Tina Manley wrote:
>>> 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
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