Why do browsers insert tbody element into table elements?

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http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/tables/tbody.html:

The TBODY element defines a group of data rows in a table. A TABLE must have one or more TBODY elements, which must follow the optional TFOOT. The TBODY end tag is always optional. The start tag is optional when the table contains only one TBODY and no THEAD or TFOOT.

So there always is a tbody there (albeit sometimes with both the start and end tags optional and omitted), and the tools you are using are correct in showing it to you.

thead or tfoot, on the other hand, are never present unless you explicitly include them, and if you do that, the tbody(s) must be explicit too.

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