Blue-Footed Booby - Introduction

Blue-Footed Booby - Introduction

Blue-Footed Booby - Introduction
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 3 to 6
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.62

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		blue-footed, bobo, booby, headlong, mid-air, plain-looking, seabird, unflattering, despite, tropical, fold, fellow, resurface, downward, yards, male
	content words:		In Spanish

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Blue-Footed Booby - Introduction

¹     "Bobo" is what Spanish settlers called this tropical seabird. In Spanish, the name means "stupid fellow." Which bird has such an unflattering name? Well, the blue-footed booby is the unfortunate one! While most birds fly away as soon as they detect danger, blue-footed boobies do not. Their lack of fear makes them an easy catch and is how they got their Spanish name.

²     We can find blue-footed boobies on the tropical islands of Galapagos and along the coastlines of the Gulf of California, Mexico, Ecuador, and Peru. About the size of a goose, the blue-footed booby is most famous for its feet. Indeed, with plain-looking feathers of brown and white, blue-footed boobies attract our attention with their bright blue feet. Male blue-footed boobies show off their blue feet when they are searching for a mate.

³     Despite its rather humiliating name, the blue-footed booby is anything but stupid when it .....
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