Learn about an animal: Blue-footed Booby

🍭Chinese name: Blue-footed Booby
🍭Latin name: Sula nebouxii
🍡Morphological characteristics
The blue-footed booby is a bird of the family Sulphidae in the order Pelecaniformes. It has a thick, conical beak with serrated upper and lower beak edges; no nostrils on the beak; well-developed throat sac; narrow, long and pointed wings; and a thick neck. The beak is dark green, blue or gray; the eyes are yellow, and the female's pupils are slightly larger than the male's; the skin on the face is dark with strange eye bags; the head and neck have thick brown and white stripes; the wings, tail and underparts are dark brown, and the back and abdomen are white; the webbed feet are blue.
🍡Habitat
It mainly inhabits tropical oceans, capes and islands. Except for the breeding season, it spends most of its time at sea. It is good at flying and swimming, and often flies in small groups above the sea or swims on the sea.
🍡Lifestyle
Blue-footed boobies are very good at catching fish. They fly 30 meters above the water (sometimes even 100 meters). Once they find a fish they like, they fold their wings, head down, and splash into the blue sea like a meteor. They dive into the water at a speed of 97 kilometers per hour. The loud noise produced when entering the water can stun the fish swimming about 1.5 meters below the water surface. At this time, the boobies dive into the water at lightning speed, use their wings and webbed feet to paddle the water, and swim quickly in the water to find food. Once the boobies bite the fish, they swallow the fish underwater and then float to the surface. In order to resist the strong impact, the head of the blue-footed booby has become very hard and the neck is particularly thick. Of course, every time they enter the water, their lives are in danger. If the position and angle are not good, their necks will be broken and they will die.