Blue-Footed Booby - Introduction

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Blue-Footed Booby - Introduction

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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 5 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.62

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		seabird, booby, unflattering, blue-footed, bobo, headlong, downward, despite, yards, such, fellow, plain-looking, fear, unfortunate, rather, lack
	content words:		In Spanish

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 .....
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