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Full o' Doom ([info]doomsday) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2008-06-04 08:43:00


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Entry tags:animals, baleeted, flounce, wtf_inc

Wank about boobies
Not those boobies: the blue-footed variety. [info]wtf_nature is at it again after someone posts a picture of a blue-footed booby along with this:

First Post!
Look! It gots blue feet!
And then I ask myself what if any is the need for blue feets?


The general sentiment is that blue-footed boobies were only wtf back in third grade, and members start claiming spotlight killed the community, calling for mod intervention, and pointing out that the post breaks the rules by not including info. (This isn't everything. Look for bursts all over the comments.)

There is some dissent, but it's not until [info]gravitys_enemy chimes in with this that it gets truly wanky:

Ok look, I realize this person posted what has been called a repeat. I think we've all established that. Also the person should have said more about the picture than they did.... that all being said, no need to be quite so rude. Some of us are new. I didn't see the picture before, and I didn't mind seeing it, so thank you poster for posting it. I understand if we want to make a think over the fact it's a repost... but one, two, even ten comments get the job done.

Disgruntled wtf-ers take that about as well as you'd expect. Don't miss the bonus flounce and respost wank.

ETA: the comm is exploding all over the place today. (Failure to get sarcasm in that last link is pretty spectacular.)

ETA2: Boobies = deleted. ETA1 links still work, though.

ETA3: It continues.

Being sarcastic to the newbies and dropping the f-bomb all over the place sure looks like trolling to me. (Emphasis on "to me.") No, I'm not a mod, but I've got children, and I don't tolerate potty mouth or disrespect from them or from strangers like you.



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[info]ayezur
2008-06-04 06:00 pm UTC (link)
Why do they have blue feet, actually?

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[info]beccastareyes
2008-06-04 06:26 pm UTC (link)
Google says it's to impress the female boobies*, but I'm not a biologist, and that doesn't answer why females have them too.

(* That seems to be a likely reason for most of the unlikely looks of birds.)

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electricbird
2008-06-04 07:56 pm UTC (link)
Female boobies!

:D :D :D

*is a twelve year old boy inside*

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[info]j_lunatic
2008-06-04 08:30 pm UTC (link)
Can birds see color?

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[info]beccastareyes
2008-06-04 08:45 pm UTC (link)
I believe most of them can. (And a couple of websites says not only can they see in color, they make humans look partially color-blind in comparison -- birds have four types of cones (color-sensing cells in the eye), normal humans have three, and color-blind humans have two.)

(The again, not a biologist -- I once tried to measure this using my parakeet, but all I discovered was that he was lazy.)

I am learning a lot today, all thanks to the Internet and boobies!

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[info]puipui
2008-06-04 08:51 pm UTC (link)
If they can't, then I'll bet all those peacocks are feeling really stupid right about now.

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[info]shaysdays
2008-06-09 08:07 am UTC (link)
Ahem. I'm here in my official capacity to inform you- YHBM.

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[info]dragonfangirl
2008-06-05 02:47 am UTC (link)
Yes, birds have highly developed vision and color vision, and underdeveloped smell and taste.

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[info]spawn_of_kong
2008-06-05 07:40 pm UTC (link)
Yep, they can. So can most reptiles. Most mammals except primates, on the other hand, are pretty much colorblind.

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[info]eilan
2008-06-05 12:34 pm UTC (link)
and that doesn't answer why females have them too

Because that information isn't on the sex-chromosome(s)?

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[info]doomsday
2008-06-04 06:27 pm UTC (link)
To help them get laid, of course.

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[info]jian
2008-06-05 12:47 am UTC (link)
A tragic species-wide accident involving automatic toilet bowl cleaner. They don't like to talk about it.

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[info]queencallipygos
2008-06-05 03:40 pm UTC (link)
I'm flashing back to Worf's comment in the DS-9 "Trials and Tribble-ations" episode when the away team sees smooth-foreheadded Klingons and asks Worf to clarify:

"...We do not discuss it with outsiders."

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[info]columbi_serpent
2008-06-05 02:08 am UTC (link)
I think it's to make sure that they mate with the correct species (there are other boobies), or the healthiest one, etc. Which is why their ritual involves showing off the blue feet. I don't know; that's from last quarter's biology as far as I can remember.

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[info]blackjackrocket
2008-06-05 07:06 am UTC (link)
Is that Terra Branford in your icon?

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[info]columbi_serpent
2008-06-05 07:12 am UTC (link)
I think so.

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[info]blackjackrocket
2008-06-05 07:13 am UTC (link)
Awesome.

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[info]spawn_of_kong
2008-06-05 07:41 pm UTC (link)
Sounds reasonable enough to me. Especially since, in all other respects, they look exactly like other species of booby.

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[info]insanityprelude
2008-06-05 02:58 am UTC (link)
Same reason the platypus exists?

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[info]aerobot
2008-06-05 07:51 am UTC (link)
Yeah, like people have said - if a bird has some insanely weird feature, it's for picking up chicks. Blue feet are actually pretty vanilla compared to other birds.

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[info]risha
2008-06-05 05:58 pm UTC (link)
Great, now I'm picturing the blue-footed boobie sex clubs.

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[info]aerobot
2008-06-06 06:43 am UTC (link)
You're welcome.

Seriously though, the sex life of birds makes humans look totally lame and squeamish. They would have the best sex clubs evar.

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