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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/dissoluti0nn on 2024-09-18 16:55:57+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Blue-footed Boobies (and other Boobie species) are named from the Spanish word “bobo.” The term means “stupid,” which is how early European colonists may have characterized these clumsy and unwary birds when they saw them on land—their least graceful environment.