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Frigate birds also spend most of their lives aloft. They struggle to take off if they land on solid ground or water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigatebird
by pcl 6y ago
Frigate birds also spend most of their lives aloft. They struggle to take off if they land on solid ground or water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigatebird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigatebird
- xwdv 6y agoThe image in that Wikipedia article then must be a rare photo of a frigate on the ground.
- lordgrenville 6y agoThe article text claims that they "roost on trees or cliffs at night".
- pcl 6y agoYeah it is ironic, isn't it? I've never seen one on the ground, and only rarely seen them on cliffs.
- quikoa 6y ago"Frigatebirds tended to have more parasitic lice than did boobies analysed in the same study." Oh nice boobies!
- dang 6y agoNot here, please.
- m463 6y agoI remember being at the veterinarian and while waiting, I paged through one of the many animal books they had out (this one was lizards). I laughed at one page (and took a picture), which showed an lizard with an inflatable pouch. Underneath there was a picture of a Frigate with an inflated pouch, with the caption: "FLASHY - The male Frigate bird attracts his mate in very much the same way the anole lizard does. He keeps his pouch inflated for several hours until she succumbs to his charms." :)