pp semi indef About the seabird the part of human anatomy breast See also Booby disambiguation Taxobox name Booby image Blue footed Booby Sula nebouxii one leg raised.jpg image caption Blue footed Booby displaying by raising a foot image width 240px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Sulidae genus Sula genus authority Mathurin Jacques Brisson Brisson , 1760 subdivision ranks Species subdivision Blue footed Booby Sula nebouxii Peruvian Booby Sula variegata Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Nazca Booby Sula granti Red footed Booby Sula sula Brown Booby Sula leucogaster For fossil species, see text. A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula , part of the Sulidae Family biology family . Boobies are closely related to the gannet s Morus , which were formerly included in Sula . Description Boobies 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. See also Unusual Seabird Breeding Behavior Mating Dances Booby Mating Dances Name Their name was possibly based on the Spanish language Spanish slang term bubie , meaning dunce cap 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 ... thumb Red footed Booby and Nazca Booby File Red footed Booby Sula sula flying.jpg thumb left Red footed Booby Sula sula Six of the seven extant Sulidae species called boobies are in the genus ..., E. A. title Molecular Support for Species Status of the Nazca Booby journal The Auk volume 119 ... accessdate 2008 11 13 ref Abbott s Booby was formerly included in Sula but is now placed in a monotype ... of several Booby species on The Internet Bird Collection Pelecaniformes Category Boobies Category ... more details
Wiktionary booby boobie Booby or boobie plural, boobies is a type of seabird the term also refers colloquially to a woman s breast or a foolish person, as well as to Birds Booby Abbott s Booby Blue footed Booby Brown Booby Masked Booby Nazca Booby Peruvian Booby Red footed Booby Tasman Booby People Boobie Clark 1950 1988 , American football player Boobie Miles born 1970 , American football player Places Booby Island , Queensland, Australia Booby Island Light Booby Island Kimberley , Western Australia Booby s Bay , Cornwall, UK Fools and foolishness Booby trap Booby trap disambiguation Booby prize Media Booby Dupes , short film by The Three Stooges Bounce Your Boobies , song by Rusty Warren Hooray for Boobies , 1999 album by American rock band Bloodhound Gang The Booby and the Beast , episode of BBC television series Robin Hood See also Boob disambiguation Bubi disambiguation Intitle Booby Disambig ja ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 File Booby s Bay geograph.org.uk 7536.jpg thumb Booby s Bay Booby s Bay is a sandy beach near Padstow , Cornwall . The beach is wide with many Tide pool rock pools . It is completely covered by high tide and is popular with surfers , though may be dangerous for the amateur . There is a lifeguard on duty during the summer, but the water is often Red flag signal red flagged . Access to the beach is by climbing down from the coast path, or walking along the beach at low tide . Dog s are allowed on the beach all year round. Booby s Bay has no beach at the highest tides, the ribs of a wrecked ship appear periodically as the sand is relocated by the sea and prevailing currents. Coord 50.5392 5.0268 type landmark region GB display title Category Beaches of Cornwall Category Bays of Cornwall nn Booby s Bay ... more details
A booby prize is a joke prize usually given in recognition of a terrible performance or last place finish. A person who finishes last, for example, may get a booby prize such as a worthless coin. Booby prizes are sometimes humorously and Joke jokingly coveted as an object of pride. Booby prizes, however, may not be given just to those who just have a terrible performance. At times, the term booby prize is used for a consolation prize given to all non placing participants of a competition. Origin The word boob stems from the Spanish wiktionary bobo Spanish bobo meaning stupid, which in turn came from the Latin balbus surname balbus meaning Stuttering stammering the word booby to mean dunce appeared in 1599. Booby prize literally means idiot s prize . The OED dates this usage to 1893. Booby trap and booby hatch are related terms. ref http www.straightdope.com mailbag mbooby.html Straightdope.com ref Examples An award is given annually for Mr. Irrelevant , the professional American football player each year who is selected last in the NFL Draft sports draft . A Lanterne rouge Red Lantern is given to the cyclist who finishes last in the Tour de France and the last musher in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Iditarod . A Wooden spoon award wooden spoon is a common booby prize which is awarded in such sports as Rugby Union , Rowing sport Rowing and in particular to the bottom team on the ladder in Australian Football League AFL . The anthropomorphic Dusty Bin was given as a booby prize in the TV game show 3 2 1 . A number of game shows have used their own terminology to describe booby ... a Deal , booby prizes are called zonks, while the Chuck Barris produced Treasure Hunt US game show ... Is Right offer a booby prize of sorts for a losing contestant A cash prize of less than 10 for revealing ... , three of the game bags have booby prizes in them, ranging from rubber ducks to boxes of washing ... Trostpreis nl Troostprijs ja simple Booby prize ... more details
For the island in the Bonaparte Archipelago of Western Australia Booby Island Kimberley File Booby Island aerial.jpg thumb right 400px An aerial view of Booby Island from the south. Booby Island is an island 45 km northwest of Muttee Heads at the tip of Cape York Peninsula , Queensland , Australia . This island in the Torres Strait , 32 km west of Thursday Island and 23 kmwest of Prince of Wales Island, Torres Strait Prince of Wales Island . Shipwrecks In the 19th century such a high number of ship were lost in the area, that provisions were stored on Booby Island for shipwrecked sailors. ref name rowlett cite rowlett qld ref Wrecks include ref http oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au torres wrecks.html Torres Strait shipwrecks ref Delfshaven . Barque , 656 tons. Newcastle to Java. Struck a sunken reef near Booby Island, 24 July 1862. As she was undermanned, the boats were launched with difficulty after big seas had driven her over the rocks into calm water. Natives and adverse currents prevented them reaching safety on the Australian coast before one boat was abandoned and a course set for Timor Kanahooka Iron steamship , 386 tons. Built 1883. Foundered in a heavy gale south of Booby Island, Queensland, 19 January 1894. She was overloaded with guano from Rocky Islet in the Gulf of Carpentaria struck by heavy seas, she rolled over, giving the crew only a short time to launch boats and escape Marina Barque. Lost in Torres Strait, from Sydney to Singapore, 28 May 1866. Crew landed on Booby Island and a ship took them on to Singapore Morning Star ship Morning Star , wrecked 1814 somewhere near Booby Island. Pacific . Schooner . Foundered off Booby Island, Queensland, 6 July 1935 Shamrock . Schooner. Involved in rescue of survivors from two ships, on Booby Island Hydrabad and Coringa Packet Lighthouse main Booby Island Light In 1890 a lighthouse eventually took ... Queensland geo stub lighthouse stub de Booby Island Queensland ... more details
C.J.O. Harrison is properly called Empheresula . Taxobox name Masked Booby status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref image Masked booby with chick.JPG image caption Austropacific Masked Booby S. d ... The Masked Booby Sula dactylatra is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae . This species ... by the Nazca Booby , Sula granti , which was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Masked Booby ... of the Nazca Booby Sula granti . Auk journal Auk 119 3 820 26. English with Spanish abstract Digital ... pdf eas1.pdf PDF fulltext ref It is also called the Masked Gannet or the Blue faced Booby . A conspicuous ... , but the Nazca Booby and as it seems also the Brown Booby S. leucogaster are quite close relatives ... Booby is one of six species of booby in the genus Sula genus Sula . The Nazca Booby S. granti was formerly ... S. d. personata small van Tets, Meredith, Fullagar & Davidson, 1988 small Austropacific Masked Booby .... S. d. dactylatra small van Tets, Meredith, Fullagar & Davidson, 1988 small Atlantic Masked Booby ... small Western Indian Ocean Masked Booby Breeds in the western Indian Ocean . S. d. tasmani including S. d. fullagari small van Tets, Meredith, Fullagar & Davidson, 1988 small Tasman Booby or Lord Howe Masked Booby The form breeding on Lord Howe Island Lord Howe and the Kermadec Islands . Large prehistoric ... and living fullagari indicates that they are not distinct. Description This is the largest booby , at convert ... kg lb abbr on weight. ref http www.allaboutbirds.org guide Masked booby lifehistory 2011 . ref Adults ... is acquired over two years. The Masked Booby is silent at sea, but has a reedy whistling greeting call ... Booby, presumably dactylatra , all from Spain Spanish waters, although one of these also entered France French territorial areas. Breeding The Masked Booby nests in small colonies, laying two chalky ... 6418 5 small Pelecaniformes Category Boobies Category Sula Category Birds of Kenya Booby, Masked Category Birds of Pakistan Booby, Masked Category Birds of Puerto Rico Booby, Masked Category Birds of Western ... more details
Taxobox name Peruvian Booby status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref image Fou.varie1.jpg regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Sulidae genus Sula genus Sula species S. variegata binomial Sula variegata binomial authority Johann Jakob von Tschudi Tschudi , 1843 The Peruvian Booby Sula variegata is an endemism endemic bird of the Peruvian current whose distribution is restricted to the west coast of South America from Punta Pari as 4.6 S in Peru to Concepci n, Chile Concepci n in Chile Harrison 1988 . It is the second most abundant seabird species that inhabits the Peruvian coast and the second most important guano producing seabird. During the mid twentieth century, the Peruvian Booby population reached 3 million birds Tovar et al . 1987 . File Guano.jpg thumb left Nest of the Peruvian Booby is made of guano and soil thumb After ENSO 1982 83, less than 0.2 million birds were left. Peruvian Booby population was recovering since 1984 and reached in 1996 more than 2.6 million birds. ENSO 1997 98 started after most boobies finished the breeding season and caused a southward migration of birds. The number of Peruvian Boobies in Peru decreased through 1997 in about 87.1 due to this reason, few birds were found dead along the coast. Peruvian Boobies breed throughout the year. Main breeding season occurs during the austral spring austral summer summer period September to March and most pairs may attempt to breed for a second time during ... ibc phtml especie.phtml?idEspecie 227 Peruvian Booby on the Internet Bird Collection http www.imarpe.gob.pe aves Piquero.html The Peruvian Booby http www.bird stamps.org cspecies 1600600.htm Stamps ... All&RESULTS 24 Peruvian Booby photo gallery VIREO Pelecaniformes Category Boobies Category Birds of Peru Booby, Peruvian Category Birds of Chile Booby, Peruvian Category Western South American coastal fauna Booby, Peruvian Category South American migratory birds Booby, Peruvian Pelecaniformes stub ... more details
For other uses Booby trap disambiguation Merge from Anti handling device date November 2010 Refimprove date January 2009 A booby trap is a device designed to harm or surprise a person, unknowingly triggered ... something up or switching something on. Booby traps should not be confused with mantrap s which are designed to catch a person. Lethal booby traps are often used in warfare, particularly guerrilla ... it from theft. Booby traps which merely cause discomfort or embarrassment are a popular form of practical ... ingles espa ol publisher Spanishdict.com date accessdate 2011 09 15 ref Thus, the term booby trap ... the individual is a booby , or that an individual who is caught in the trap thereby becomes a booby ... booby boobies . These birds, adapted for sea flight and swimming, have large flat feet and wide wingspans ... animals birds blue footed booby.html title Blue Footed Boobies, Blue Footed Booby Pictures, Blue Footed Booby Facts National Geographic publisher Animals.nationalgeographic.com date accessdate 2011 ... 1590, the word began appearing in the English language as booby, meaning stupid person, slow bird ... booby trap originally applied to schoolboy pranks, but took on its more sinister connotation during World War I . ref name etymonline1 Military booby traps File US Navy 101116 N 8546L 728 A Uruguayan ... with red detcord to make them detonate simultaneously. To turn this assembly into a booby trap, the final ... for the construction of booby traps. ref name MTP36 cite book last HM Government first title Military Training Pamphlet No 36 Part IV Booby Traps publisher War Office series year 1941 isbn ref A military booby trap may be used to give away the location of an enemy by triggering a signalling device ... booby traps involve explosives. There is no clear division between a booby trap and conventional ... mine. What distinguishes a booby trap is that it is contrived to work in an unexpected manner that takes advantage of the victim s ignorance of the mode of operation. It naturally follows that booby ... more details
Taxobox name Nazca Booby status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors Aut BirdLife International year 2004 id 54212 title Sula granti downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern ref image Nazca booby chick and egg.jpg image caption Adult with chick and unhatched egg regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Sulidae genus Sula genus Sula species S. granti binomial Sula granti binomial authority Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild Rothschild , 1902 Image Nazca Booby.jpg thumb left Espa ola Island , Galapagos Islands NOTOC The Nazca Booby Sula granti is a booby which is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean , namely on the Gal pagos Islands where it can be seen by ecotourism eco tourists , and on Clipperton Island . The Revillagigedo Islands off Baja California which possibly constitute its northeasternmost limit of its breeding range ref cite journal last1 Brattstrom first1 Bayard H. last2 Howell first2 Thomas R. title The Birds of the Revilla Gigedo Islands, Mexico journal Condor journal Condor volume 58 issue 2 pages 107 20 year 1956 doi 10.2307 1364977 url http elibrary.unm.edu sora Condor files issues v058n02 p0107 p0120.pdf separator , jstor 1364977 http elibrary.unm.edu sora Condor files DJVU v058n02 P0107 P0120.djvu DjVu fulltext ref this sources only the last sentence ... of the Masked Booby but the Nazca Booby is now recognized as a separate species . They differ ..., T.E. Jones, H. & Schreiber, E.A. title Molecular Support for Species Status of the Nazca Booby Sula ... pdf eas1.pdf format dead link date November 2009 ref The Nazca Booby co occurs with the Masked Booby ... its sibling out of the bird nest nest area, leaving it to die of thirst or cold. The parent booby ... Nazca dorsal.jpg Dorsal view File Nazca Booby1.jpg Ventral view Image Nazca Booby Galapagos .jpg Nazca Booby portrait gallery See also Vampire Finch References reflist Pelecaniformes Category Boobies ... more details
notability date November 2008 Infobox Television episode Title The Booby and the Beast Series Robin Hood 2006 TV series Robin Hood Image Image 02x02 TheBoobyAndTheBeast.PNG 275px Caption Who is Marian kissing? Season 2 Episode 2 Airdate October 13, 2007 Production Writer Director Ciaran Donnelly Guests Prev Sister Hood Sisterhood Next Childhood Robin Hood episode Childhood The Booby and the Beast ref http www.bbc.co.uk bbcone listings programme.shtml?day saturday&service id 4223&FILENAME 20071013 20071013 1930 4223 14843 45 BBC BBC ONE Listings Bot generated title ref is the second episode of series two of the BBC television series Robin Hood 2006 TV series Robin Hood . It was aired on Saturday 13 October 2007. The title is a play on Beauty and the Beast , incorporating the idea of a booby trap . The central plot revolves around the gang working out how to avoid booby traps. Plot In Robin s first adventure after discovering the horrible truth about operation Shah Mat a.k.a Checkmate, a.k.a Kill the King , Robin decides to break into the Sheriff of Nottingham s Strong Room. Robin underestimates the Strong Room s array of deathly traps, Robin decides to think up an entirely new plan. He decides to track down the Strong Room s designers unfortunately, Gisborne has killed most of them to ensure their silence. Robin finds the sole survivor the now blind designer called Stephen and together, Stephen, Robin and his gang practise fighting the room s deadly traps. Back in Nottingham Castle, the Sheriff orders Marian to pander to every whim of Count Frederick, who has arrived to play at the casino. But Frederick then finds out that the Sheriff has a plan that will ensure he loses. Marian then gains a vital ally. He then helps Robin think up a plan to break into the Strong Room. In order ... Count Friedrich References references Robin Hood episode guide series 2 episode 2 title The Booby and the Beast drama tv episode stub DEFAULTSORT Booby and the Beast, The Category Robin Hood 2006 TV ... more details
Taxobox name Brown Booby status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref image Brown booby.jpg image width 250px image caption Brown Booby on Oahu , Hawaii regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Sulidae genus Sula genus Sula species S. leucogaster binomial Sula leucogaster binomial authority Pieter Boddaert Boddaert , 1783 The Brown Booby Sula leucogaster is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae . The adult brown booby reaches about convert 76 cm in length. Its head and upper body are covered in dark brown, with the remainder being a contrasting white. The juvenile form is gray brown with darkening on the head, wings and tail. While these birds are typically silent, bird watchers have reported occasional sounds similar to grunting or quacking. Their heads and backs are black, and their bellies are white. Their beaks are quite sharp and contain many jagged edges. They have short wings and long, tapered tails. This species breeds on islands and coasts in the pantropical areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They frequent the breeding grounds of the islands in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. This bird nests in large colonies, laying two chalky blue eggs on the ground in a mound of broken shells and vegetation. It bird migration winters at sea over a wider area. Brown Booby pairs may remain together over several seasons. They perform elaborate greeting rituals. Brown Boobies are spectacular divers, plunging into the ocean at high speed. They mainly eat small fish or squid which gather in groups near the surface and may catch leaping fish while skimming the surface. Although they are powerful and agile fliers, they are particularly ... plotus Forster,JR 1844 Gallery gallery Image Brown boobytern .JPG Adult brown Booby, French Frigate ... on Lady Elliot Island, Australia File Brown Booby flight.jpg In flight in the Gulfo Dulce, Costa ... species brown booby sula leucogaster Brown Booby videos, photos & sounds on the Internet ... more details
Taxobox image Abbotts Booby Papasula abbotti .jpg image caption juvenile on Christmas Island name Abbott s Booby status EN status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2006 id 15977 title Papasula abbotti downloaded 19 Jan 2008 Database entry includes a range map and justification for why the species is listed as endangered ref regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Sulidae genus Papasula genus authority Storrs Olson Olson & Ken Warheit Warheit , 1988 species P. abbotti binomial Papasula abbotti binomial authority Robert Ridgway Ridgway , 1893 synonyms Sula abbotti Robert Ridgway Ridgway , 1893 Abbott s Booby Papasula abbotti is a large endangered seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae . Found normally only on and around Christmas Island an Australia n territory in the eastern Indian Ocean , it is the sole living member of the monotypic genus Papasula . This species is named for William Louis Abbott who discovered it on Assumption Island in 1892. Description Abbott s Booby has a length of about 79 cm and a weight of about 1460 grams . Its black and white plumage distinguishes it from that of other sulids in the region. Parent birds may only be able to breed from about eight years old, with successful breeding no more frequently than once every two years, and a potential lifespan of 40 years. ref name HANZAB1 Marchant, S. & Higgins, P.J. Eds . 1990 . Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic ... 3 ref Distribution and habitat The Abbott s Booby now breeds only on Christmas Island , Indian Ocean ... was photographed at a booby colony on Rota island Rota in the Pacific Ocean, ref cite ... individual has been seen off and on in the Red footed Booby colony there through at least 2011 Pratt ... habitat of the Abbott s Booby was destroyed by phosphate mining in the 1960s and 1970s ref Nelson JB 1977 report and recommendations on the status and prospects of Abbott s Booby in relation to the British ... more details
Infobox Film name Booby Dupes image BoobydupeesLOBBYCARD45.jpg caption director Del Lord writer Del Lord starring Moe Howard br Larry Fine br Curly Howard br Vernon Dent br Rebel Randall br Snub Pollard br John Tyrrell actor John Tyrrell br Dorothy Vernon cinematography Glen Gano editing Henry Batista producer Hugh McCollum br Jules White distributor Columbia Pictures released March 17, 1945 United States U.S. runtime 17 02 country Film US language English Booby Dupes is the 84th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges . The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959. Plot The Stooges are fish peddlers similar to their roles in Cookoo Cavaliers who decide to cut out the middleman by catching the fish themselves. They then go about purchasing fishermen uniforms and a boat. While searching for their wardrobe, Curly manages to swipe a navy captain s uniform from the same guy Vernon Dent whose girl Rebel Randall Curly decides to overly flirt with. After the debacle with the lady, the gents reconvene, and go about trading in their car and raising an additional 300 for a row boat that ends up being a Lemon automobile lemon . No sooner are the Stooges on the ocean when their boat starts to sink. They climb aboard their spare dinghy , and signal some passing planes for help. Unfortunately, they signal using a white rag with a large red paint splatter in the center, making it resemble the flag of Japan . The planes overhead turn out to be bombers who believe the Stooges are Japanese marines, and promptly bomb the trio. Amidst ... pressed by Moe in Booby Dupes . Curly fades Curly Howard s mannerisms and reactions had been starting ... Spook Louder , No Dough Boys , Booby Dupes and The Yoke s on Me , which no longer reflect America s official relationship with Japan. Notes Booby Dupes is a remake of the 1932 Laurel and Hardy short film Towed in a Hole . ref name Solomon The title Booby Dupes is a play on the line boop oop ... more details
Taxobox status EX status system IUCN3.1 image width regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Sulidae genus Sula genus Sula species Sula dactylatra S. dactylatra subspecies S. d. tasmani trinomial Sula dactylatra tasmani trinomial authority van Tets, Meredith, Fullagar & Davidson, 1988 synonyms Sula dactylatra fullagari br Sula tasmani small van Tets, Meredith, Fullagar & Davidson, 1988 small The Tasman Booby Sula dactylatra tasmani or Lord Howe Masked Booby is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae , described from bones found on Norfolk Island Norfolk and Lord Howe Island s in the Tasman Sea Gerard Frederick van Tets van Tets et al. 1988 . It was believed to have become extinct in the late 18th century or early 19th century on Lord Howe Island because of predation by visiting sailors, with the last sight record dating from 1788, when it was already extinct on Norfolk Island. However, this taxon has more recently Priddel et al. 2005 been considered to be a subspecies of the Masked Booby , Sula dactylatra tasmani , still extant as a breeding species on Lord Howe Island, and more recently described as S. d. fullagari . Holdaway & Anderson 2001 attribute subfossil material from Norfolk Island simply to Sula dactylatra . Research at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch New Zealand indicates that the proposal of Priddel s team is correct, and the Masked Booby subspecies fullagari is actually the descendants of tasmani . The latter name, being older, would thus apply to both. ref http www.comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz news 2009 090812a.shtml Extinct seabird rediscovered in laboratory ref References AtollResBull541 237 Reflist IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 61927 title Sula tasmani downloaded 11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is extinct note that this information is outdated Holdaway, Richard N. & Anderson, Atholl. 2001 . Avifauna from the Emily Bay settlement site, Norf ... more details
wiktionarypar booby trap A booby trap is an antipersonnel device disguised as a harmless object. Booby trap can also refer to Booby Trap Star Trek The Next Generation Booby Trap Star Trek The Next Generation , an episode of the TV series Star Trek The Next Generation Boobytrap comics , a Marvel Comics villain Booby Trap, a 1944 Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout collected in Not Quite Dead Enough Booby Traps , a 1944 Warner Bros. Private Snafu cartoon, directed by Bob Clampett Booby Trap aka 10 Seconds to Murder , a 1973 exploitation movie directed by Carl Monson Booby Trap film , a 1957 British crime film directed by Henry Cass disambig nl Boobytrap ... more details
For the Queensland island Booby Island File BoobyBrownNestGround.jpg thumb right 300px Nesting Brown Boobies Booby Island , once known as White Island , is a small 3 ha , uninhabited island in the Bonaparte Archipelago of the Kimberley Western Australia Kimberley region of Western Australia . It was renamed in 2004 to avoid confusion with another White Island in the Kimberley region. ref cite web url http www.highbeam.com doc 1P1 92898859.html title Booby Island deemed the White name accessdate 2011 06 06 work General News Australia first last publisher AAP date 2004 03 29 ref It is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it supports more than 1 of the world population of Brown Booby Brown Boobies , with a seabird colony breeding colony of up to 2000 pairs. ref cite web url http www.birdata.com.au iba.vm title IBA Booby Island Kimberley accessdate 2011 06 06 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref References reflist coord 15 03 41 S 124 19 35 E display title region AU type isle source GoogleEarth name Booby Island Category Islands of Western Australia Category Kimberley Western Australia Category Important Bird Areas of Western Australia WesternAustralia geo stub ... more details
no footnotes date November 2011 orphan date November 2009 att November 2009 Ugandan booby trap is the name given to a group of crimes first reported in late 2008 in Uganda . The victims were discovered by police to have been found stripped naked, with all their possessions taken. When discovered, they were not able to remember anything about the circumstances which led to their being in that position, other than being in the act of romancing , elsewhere described as intimate activity , with an attractive, busty lady that had met earlier at a bar. A spokesman for Uganda s Criminal Investigations Directorate, Fred Enanga, found that the women involved had smeared their chests with chloroform , and several other types of strong sedatives , Enanga also stated that he first became aware of the situation after a known thief, Juliana Mukasa, whom Enanga described as a very dangerous lady , made a clean breast of the matter . Enanga warned all men to be on the warned of this danger, particularly travelling businessmen who tend to carry more cash. He reported that while they did not know how they were acquiring the sedatives, they were looking for the source. He also reported that the groups early investigations indicated that the gang involved may have had dozens of members, although it was not known whether they were all female. The story attracted substantial international attention at the time ... Heads and Tales Ugandan cops warn men of booby trap articleshow 3787892.cms Ugandan cops warn men of booby trap , The Times of India , 3 December 2008 http www.thaindian.com newsportal business ugandan cops warn men of booby trap 100126503.html Ugandan cops warn men of booby trap ... 3541361 Ugandan men warned of booby trap after chloroform attacks.html Ugandan men warned of booby ... afp article ALeqM5ga2ychnkj3Ym9 nT2jt1 meSGs4w Ugandan men warned of booby trap , AFP Google News , 28 November 2008 DEFAULTSORT Ugandan Booby Trap Category Crime in Uganda crime stub ... more details
nofootnotes date November 2010 Taxobox status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref image Red footed Booby Sula sula Gal pagos.jpg image caption Brown morph regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Sulidae genus Booby Sula species S. sula binomial Sula sula binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1766 synonyms Sula piscator The Red footed Booby Sula sula is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae . As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings. They are found widely in the tropics, and breed Bird colony colonially in coastal regions, especially islands. Description File Red footed Booby Sula sula flying.jpg thumb left Flying white morph The Red footed Booby is the smallest of all Booby boobies at about convert 70 cm in in length and with a wingspan of up to convert 1 m ft . It has red legs, and its beak bill and throat pouch are coloured pink and blue. This species has several Polymorphism biology morphs . In the white morph the plumage is mostly white the head often tinged yellowish and the flight feather s are black. The black tailed white morph is similar, but with a black tail, and can easily be confused with the Nazca Booby Nazca and Masked Booby Masked Boobies . The brown morph is overall brown. The white tailed brown morph is similar, but has a white belly, rump, and tail. The white headed and white tailed brown morph has a mostly white body, tail and head, and brown wings and back. The morphs ... white down. Breeding File Booby chick.jpg thumb left Booby chick File BoobyAdultWithChick.jpg upright ... extensive flights. Red footed Booby pairs may remain together over several seasons. They perform elaborate ... Red Footed Booby Category Boobies Category Birds of Puerto Rico Category Birds of Bangladesh Category Birds of India Category Birds of Pakistan Category Birds of Iran Booby, Red footed Category Birds ... more details
Infobox thoroughbred racehorse name Lisa s Booby Trap image caption sire Drewman grandsire Unbridled dam Ennuhway damsire Notebook horse Notebook sex Female foaled 2007 country United States colour breeder Ocala Stud Farm owner Tim Snyder horse trainer Tim Snyder trainer Tim Snyder jockey record earnings 78,690 race awards honours updated Lisa s Booby Trap is a female racehorse owned by Tim Snyder horse trainer Tim Snyder , a trainer at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York , near Rochester, New York Rochester . The filly is blind in one eye and has overcome flat footedness and a club foot to achieve more than 75,000 in earnings. Snyder bought the horse in early 2010 for 4,500, including his life savings of 2,000, with the balance to be paid after her first win. The filly was named after Snyder s late wife, Lisa, who once mentioned she d like to reincarnation reincarnate as a racehorse. I don t really believe so much in reincarnation, Snyder has been quoted as saying. It s a big word, you know what I mean? But, there are a lot of things in this horse that resemble my wife. ref name TimesUnion Aug10 cite news last Wilkin first Tim title The legend of Lisa s Booby Trap continues to sic nolink y grown url http blog.timesunion.com horseracing the legend of lisa booby trap continues to grown 5525 accessdate September 22, 2010 newspaper Times Union Albany Times Union date August 18, 2010 archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5swMXLzFX archivedate September 22, 2010 location .... ref name HoofBlog cite web last Jurga first Fran title Lisa s Booby Trap Sort Out the Feet, You ve Got a Racehorse url http hoofcare.blogspot.com 2010 08 lisas booby trap sort out feet youve.html ... archivedate September 22, 2010 date August 7, 2010 ref Lisa s Booby Trap won her first three races ... cite news title Lisa s Booby Trap suffers first career loss url http www.democratandchronicle.com ... September 22, 2010 location Rochester, New York ref On September 24, 2010, Lisa s Booby Trap entered ... more details
Infobox lighthouse name Booby Island Light image name Booby Island Lighthouse.jpg caption Booby Island Lighthouse and one of the deteriorated cottages location Booby Island , Queensland , Australia pushpin map Queensland pushpin latd 10 latm 36 lats 20 latNS S longd 141 longm 54 longs 33 longEW E coordinates display inline, title yearbuilt 1890 yearlit automated 1992 yeardeactivated foundation construction Timber framing timber frame Cladding construction clad with galvanised iron ref harvnb AHD19045 and harvnb QLD601724 . harvnb Rowlett says cast iron. ref shape conical, lantern, gallery marking white, red dome height convert 59 ft ref name height List of Lights , harvnb Rowlett and harvnb AHD19045 . harvnb QLD601724 states 16m. ref focalheight convert 121 ft ref List of Lights . harvnb Rowlett lists convert 120 ft . ref lens currentlens intensity range convert 20 nmi characteristic Fl.W. 10s ref name char List of Lights . harvnb Rowlett lists 7.5s. ref lens fogsignal racon admiralty K3274 canada NGA 111 9620 ARLHS AUS 011 Booby Island Light is an active lighthouse located on Booby Island , an island near the tip of Cape York Peninsula , west of Prince of Wales Island Queensland Prince of Wales Island , within the Endeavour Strait , Queensland , Australia . It marks the western entrance ... lights to be constructed along the Queensland coast. sfn QLD601724 File Booby Island Lightstation from the sea.jpg thumb left Booby Island Lightstation from the sea History The colony of Queensland ... the erection of a lighthouse on Booby Island. It was Heath who first recommended the construction ... in 1992. sfn QLD601724 Structures File Booby Island aerial.jpg thumb right An aerial view ... vane . sfn QLD601724 File Booby Island Light and No 2 Quarters, 1957.jpg thumb left The lighthouse ... 11 14 cite AHD 19045 Booby Island Lightstation, Booby Island via Thursday Island, QLD, Australia accessdate 2010 11 24 cite AHPI QLD601724 Booby Island Lightstation accessdate 2010 11 24 refend External ... more details
Infobox television episode Title Booby Trap Image Image STBoobyTrap.jpg 270px Caption The Enterprise and the Promellian battlecruiser. Series Star Trek The Next Generation Season 3 Episode 6 Production 154 Airdate Start date 1989 10 30 Teleplay Ron Roman br Michael Piller br Richard Danus Story Michael B. Wagner Michael Wagner br Ron Roman Director Gabrielle Beaumont Music Ron Jones composer Ron Jones score br Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dances Brahms Hungarian Dance Number Five Guests Susan Gibney Leah Brahms Colm Meaney Miles O Brien Star Trek Miles O Brien Whoopi Goldberg Guinan Star Trek character Guinan Albert Hall actor Albert Hall Galek Dar Julie Warner Christy Majel Barrett Computer Voice Prev The Bonding Next The Enemy Star Trek The Next Generation The Enemy Episode list List of Star Trek The Next Generation episodes List of Star Trek The Next Generation episodes NOTOC Booby Trap is the 54th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek The Next Generation . The sixth episode of the third season. Overview In this episode, the Federation Starship USS Enterprise NCC 1701 D USS Enterprise discovers a derelict centuries old List of Star Trek races alien battlecruiser and becomes trapped with it. Plot The Enterprise , investigating the asteroid laden sector of space of the final battle between the List of Star Trek races Menthar Menthars and the List of Star Trek races Promellians , receives a distress call from a Promellian battlecruiser, and Jean Luc Picard Captain Picard directs the ship to investigate. They find the battlecruiser adrift but intact, and Picard ... Generation Booby Trap .5B3.6.5D Booby Trap imdb title id 0708682 title Booby Trap TV.com episode 19040 Booby Trap memoryalpha Booby Trap StarTrek.com link TNG 68414 Booby Trap http www.tor.com blogs 2011 11 star trek the next generation booby trap Booby Trap rewatch by Keith R.A. DeCandido Star Trek TNG S3 Star Trek TNG Star Trek Category Star Trek The Next Generation episodes Booby Trap Category ... more details
unreferenced date February 2012 Rabby Randallini Walker March 15, 2009 was born in Indonesia. She is a character from the short Film Rabbitarala 2011 made in Singapore. She is known for acting very crazy. Her signature tagline is booby booby booby . Birth br Rabby was born around the start of 2009 in Indonesia. She emmigrated to the city state of Singapore shortly after her birth. Family br Little is known about her family. She is believed to have a brother named Bobby. Medical Conditions br Rabby has a neck problem which causes it to be sore and often her neck cannot support the weight of her head. Her head is sometimes seen to be skewed to the side. Category Film characters ... more details
of animal species. For example, several species of booby, including the Blue footed booby , Red footed booby , and the Nazca Booby Nazca booby . Another species found here is the South American sea ... in an episode of the travel series Jet Set Zero . Gallery Gallery File Blue footed Booby at Isla de la Plata.jpg Blue footed Booby on Isla de la Plata in winter. File Blue footed Booby with young.jpg Blue footed Booby with new young on Isla de la Plata. File Isla de la Plata tour.jpg Tour ... more details
Other uses Molniya disambiguation Certain buried or otherwise concealed containers used by the KGB to cache items such as shortwave radio receivers and cryptography cryptographic materials were booby trap booby trapped with an explosive device known as Molniya lightning . A sequence of specific actions had to be taken in the correct order to render the device safe prior to moving or opening the container, or the device would detonate. This detonation was designed to be highly lethal to anyone in immediate proximity, as well as being sufficient to destroy all materials in the cache. Large arms caches were allegedly hidden in many countries for planned terrorism acts. They were booby trapped with Molniya . One such cache, which was identified by KGB defector Vasili Mitrokhin , exploded when Swiss authorities fired upon it using a water cannon , resulting in no casualties. The device was found in the woods near Bern . ref Christopher Andrew historian Christopher Andrew , Vasili Mitrokhin , 2000 . The Mitrokhin Archive The KGB in Europe and the West. Gardners Books. ISBN 0 14 028487 7, page 475 476 ref ref http commdocs.house.gov committees security has299010.000 has299010 0.HTM House Armed Services Committee No. 106 32, Russian Threat Perceptions and Plans for Sabotage Against the United States , 26OCT1999. ref References reflist Category Russian inventions Category Weapons of Russia Category KGB Category Area denial weapons ... more details
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