Blue-footed Booby in Full Dive

Paul Vanderveen


Rob Kroenert - Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. Taken from a beach at Puerto Villamil, the largest city on the island of Isabela.




Blue Footed Boobies during a feeding frenzy in the Galapagos Islands. Filmed from the lower deck of La Pinta small ship, footage shows above and below water wildlife action as blue-footed boobies dive-bomb from the air and swim underwater, making synchronized attacks at a giant bait ball of small fish.

When diving for fish, blue-footed boobies have developed air sacs in the skull that serve as built-in shock absorbers to counteract the force when they hit the water from tall heights.