Description
Its name and appearance may seem a bit ridiculous, but when it comes to angling, this stocky seabird means serious business. When a soaring blue-footed booby spots a school of tasty fish from as high as 90 metres, it swoops into a plummeting nosedive before slamming the water's surface at 60 miles an hour. Even deep swimmers aren't safe: boobies are able to dive around 25 metres to scoop their squirming prey, whose nutrients help pigment the birds' bright blue dancing shoes.