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Blue Footed Boobies

PHOTOS: Adorable Strangeness On Bird Island

The GypsyNesters | Posted 02.25.2013 | Travel
Read More: Photos, Photography, Video, Boobies, Blue Footed Boobies, Birds, Penguins, Animal Photos, Islands & Beaches, Nature Photography, Ecuador, Travel, Travel Tips, Birding, Islands, Travel News, Nature, Galapagos, Galapagos Islands, Wildlife, Travel News
The GypsyNesters

There is a six-foot boundary law for all animals on the islands. As humans, it was our duty to keep that distance even though the birds, who approached us regularly didn't seem to care about the rule.

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Galapagos Islands: Dos and Don'ts

Kris LoPresto | Posted 10.01.2012 | Travel
Read More: Galapagos Tortoise, Slidefreestyle, Quito, Blue Footed Boobies, Ecuador, Galapagos, Galapagos Islands, Travel News
Kris LoPresto

The islands are right smack on the equator, give or take a degree or two. The weather is usually a balmy 87 degrees, but it feels like it's 95 and the sun is relentless.

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Are We Loving the Galápagos to Death?

Cecilia Alvear | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Conservation, Blue Footed Boobies, Sylvia Earle, Tortoises, Endangered Species, Darwin, Oceans, Iguanas, Mission Blue, Galápagos, Ecuador, Ocean Week, Galápagos National Park, Our Oceans, Darwin Foundation, Galapagos Islands, Green News
Cecilia Alvear

Whenever I tell people that I was born in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador, they always say, "I didn't know there were any people on the Galápagos. I thought only strange animals lived there."

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Abstaining Blue Footed Boobies Get Sexier (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Animal Mating, Animals, Animal Mating Rituals, Blue Footed Boobies, Video, Green News

Now this is a new angle on abstinence, at least, in the kingdom. Male blue-footed boobies who abstain from sex for a year develop a brighter, more at...

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