2006-07-21 07:47:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Apparantly the male bfb uses them in courtship displays. I would assume the female bfb is evolutionarily programmed to have a certain affinity towards a certain hue of blue feet that could possibly signify that a particular male bfb is the best candidate for breeding.
2006-07-21 07:52:41 · answer #1 · answered by habaceeba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to attract mates. the mechanism is undetermined, but it's pretty much a consensus that it's sexual selection.
one option, for example, could be that the females can see the color blue better than others, so boobies with blue feet were more visible to females and therefore mated more.
2006-07-22 03:09:29 · answer #2 · answered by angry_fruit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love those birds. I have read that bobo is Spanish for clown and that is why i guess they named it the boobie. They said that scientists are still puzzled about why their feet are blue.
2006-07-21 16:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by eva diane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a sign of verility. The brighter the males feet the more attractive they are.
2006-07-21 14:58:28 · answer #4 · answered by ~Perfectly Flawed~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would be a pretty silly name if the feet weren't blue.
2006-07-23 21:28:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use to use them to crush grapes to make wine and it became a natural pigment to their genetic make-up.
2006-07-21 14:50:07 · answer #6 · answered by Sandman44 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To go with their feathers and camouflage them from fish.
2006-07-21 16:01:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋