i swear:The Vampire Finch (Geospiza difficilis septentrionalis) is a small bird native to the Galápagos Islands. It is a very distinct subspecies of the Sharp-beaked Ground Finch (Geospiza difficilis) endemic to Wolf and Darwin Islands (Grant et al. 2000).The vampire finch is sexually dimorphic as typical for its genus, with the males being primarily black and the females grey with brown streaks. It has the largest and most pointed beak of all G. difficilis subspecies, and overall looks like a miniature Common Cactus-Finch rather than, as the other subspecies do, a large Small Ground-Finch with a straight bill (Schluter & Grant 1984). It has a lilting song on Wolf, a buzzing song on Darwin, and whistling calls on both islands; only on Wolf, a drawn-out, buzzing call is also uttered.(Grant et al. 2000)This bird is most famous for its unusual diet. The Vampire Finch occasionally feeds on the blood of seabirds, chiefly the Nazca and Blue-footed Boobies, pecking at their skin with their sharp beaks until blood is drawn (Schluter & Grant 1984). Curiously, the boobies do not offer much resistance against this. It has been theorized that this behavior evolved from the pecking behavior that the finch used to clean parasites from the plumage of the booby[citation needed]. The finches also feed on eggs, stealing them just after they are laid and rolling them (by pushing with their legs and using their beak as a pivot) into rocks until they break
hehehe.. really? Vampire Finch?boobies… English isn’t my first language you know, trying to play with me? For a few seconds I was imagining it! 🙂 But my english is better everyday: “Mask those boobys I shall not see”
did you want it in French!?;) but really i’ve seen it on animal planet. huge gaping holes and blood and the birds just walking about like nothings wrong. beyond weird.
Everybody know they’re birds. ( :happy: -ignorant happy face- )
lol bloodsucking birds exist you know, in the form of the vampire finch! it sucks boobies. no really. boobys. really!
i swear:The Vampire Finch (Geospiza difficilis septentrionalis) is a small bird native to the Galápagos Islands. It is a very distinct subspecies of the Sharp-beaked Ground Finch (Geospiza difficilis) endemic to Wolf and Darwin Islands (Grant et al. 2000).The vampire finch is sexually dimorphic as typical for its genus, with the males being primarily black and the females grey with brown streaks. It has the largest and most pointed beak of all G. difficilis subspecies, and overall looks like a miniature Common Cactus-Finch rather than, as the other subspecies do, a large Small Ground-Finch with a straight bill (Schluter & Grant 1984). It has a lilting song on Wolf, a buzzing song on Darwin, and whistling calls on both islands; only on Wolf, a drawn-out, buzzing call is also uttered.(Grant et al. 2000)This bird is most famous for its unusual diet. The Vampire Finch occasionally feeds on the blood of seabirds, chiefly the Nazca and Blue-footed Boobies, pecking at their skin with their sharp beaks until blood is drawn (Schluter & Grant 1984). Curiously, the boobies do not offer much resistance against this. It has been theorized that this behavior evolved from the pecking behavior that the finch used to clean parasites from the plumage of the booby[citation needed]. The finches also feed on eggs, stealing them just after they are laid and rolling them (by pushing with their legs and using their beak as a pivot) into rocks until they break
hehehe.. really? Vampire Finch?boobies… English isn’t my first language you know, trying to play with me? For a few seconds I was imagining it! 🙂 But my english is better everyday: “Mask those boobys I shall not see”
did you want it in French!?;) but really i’ve seen it on animal planet. huge gaping holes and blood and the birds just walking about like nothings wrong. beyond weird.
It doesn’t look symbiosis to me anyway! Boobys… I like these birds. (The french name is completely different.)
sure doesn’t!what is the french name?
Fous de Bassan. 🙂
wow. that’s very cool. much better than “boobies” or is it?
Well. I like “boobies”… I mean,It’s sounds unusual for me but..The french name is very nice yes. 🙂