Skimmers Order CharadriiformesFamily RynchopidaeSkimmers are a small family of tropical tern like birds.

It resembles a plover but has very long grey legs and a strong black bill similar to that of a tern.

Admittedly, it could help members cope better with volatility and, therefore, be more open to inflows of short tern capital, but this need not result in bad policies. Given the Northern Rock and Bear Stearns bailouts, overplaying the moral hazard argument here sounds hypocritical.