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The Devil knows you weren't referring to the seabirds from the Galapagos...

http://www.tobyturner.com

A booby is a seabird in the Sula genus, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets (Morus), which were formerly included in Sula.

Boobies are large birds with long pointed wings and long bills. They hunt fish by diving from a height into the sea and pursuing their prey underwater. Facial air sacs under their skin cushion the impact with the water. Boobies are colonial breeders on islands and coasts. They normally lay one or more chalky-blue eggs on the ground or sometimes in a tree nest.
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Their name was possibly based on the Spanish slang term bubi, meaning "dunce", as these tame birds had a habit of landing on board sailing ships, where they were easily captured and eaten. Owing to this, boobies are often mentioned as having been caught and eaten by shipwrecked sailors, notably Captain Bligh of the Bounty and his loyalists, during their famous voyage after being set adrift by Fletcher Christian and his mutineers.

Five of the six extant Sulidae species called boobies are in the genus Sula, while the three gannets are usually treated in the genus Morus. Abbott's Booby was formerly included in Sula but is now placed in a monotypic genus Papasula which represents an ancient lineage perhaps closer to Morus.[1]

Some authorities consider that all nine species should be considered congeneric in Sula. However, they are readily told apart, by means of osteology. The distinct lineages of gannets and boobies are known to have existed in such form, since at least the Middle Miocene, c.15 mya (Olson 1985).

The fossil records of boobies are not as well documented as those of the gannets; possibly because the species of boobies were less numerous in the late Miocene to Pliocene, when gannets had their highest diversity or because of the more tropical distribution of boobies, many fossil species have simply not been found yet, as most localities are in continental North America or Europe.

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  • AN OLD TOBY VIDEO I'VE NEVER SEEN!?!? WHAT IS THIS?!?!

    I thought I had completely stalked his page and watched all of them... lol

  • "satan?"

    "IM PRESSING MY HOT MAN BANANA AGAINST UR DOOR"

    "...dad?"

    XD

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  • Haha I wish his vids now were like this I still love them but they all seem like they are aimed towards 8 year olds if you know what i mean.

  • -pats chest- Beeggg for your third peetttt

  • I got disturbed when i saw he pulled down his zipper

  • Falcor NEVER ENDING STORY

  • come here venos , beg for your pets, that accent is killing meeeeee xDDDDDD

  • lol that is nothing like his current vids

  • he's not wearing a tobuscus shirt.....

  • Dude , did toby really went to the website look at 0:13 and 0:14 at the computer

  • Wait why I never saw this before? Oh well thanks suggestion column

  • Grrifsnaw!

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