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Sula nebouxii
The Blue-footed Booby usually lays one to three eggs at a time. The species practices asynchronous hatching, which means that eggs that are laid first are hatched before the consequent eggs, resulting in a growth inequality and size disparity between siblings. This often results in siblicide in times of food scarcity.
North Seymour island, Galapagos
Spotted on Nov 23, 2012
Submitted on Dec 16, 2012
10 Comments
Cute!!! Looks like a huge cotton ball! I want to touch it!
Thanks Cindy!
Love this cute series!
Hehe, yes the babies were very adorable!
So cute!
A living stuffed animal. WOW! So adorable!
OH MY GOSH THE FLUFFYNESS! I wanna hug it!!! :D
Thanks Jacob!
Patty we were told that the young chick dies in the majority of cases - usually because the first born gets all the food & the younger typically starves.
Lovely still not blue-footed blue-footed booby. I hope they don´t have to go through food scarcity...
So so very beautiful!