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bajajudy
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One of my favorite sounds of Baja (or the tropics) is the sound of the gecko. Here is a pic that I took. They are almost translucent in the right
light. They eat a shipload of mosquitoes too.
[Edited on 8-2-2005 by bajajudy]
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Great photo. It always amazes me how they can change colors.
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The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Thanks for posting the photo Judy. I love gecko's. Growing up in the Sonoran desert I would often hang out under the street light until late
catching gecko's and other nocturnal desert dwellers being a budding biologist at the time. Where was this photo taken? Any idea what species? 
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They bring good luck to your neepa hut.
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they eat a lot of c-ckroaches also. you can rent the big ones to your friends
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In Hawaii, they chirp at night and walk on the cieling... do they do the same in Baja Sur?
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I have several in my house that occasionally do their "chirping" act, one in my bedroom likes to talk to me at night, I don't know what he is saying.
I hope it's all g-rated. They are very good at walking on ceilings. Even my Iguanas (outside) can ascend vertical surfaces, if they are rough.
[Edited on 8-3-2005 by Tucker]
\"I think it would be a good idea.\"
-- Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization
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David K
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Cool! 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tucker
I have several in my house that occasionally do their "chirping" act, one in my bedroom likes to talk to me at night, I don't know what he is saying.
I hope it's all g-rated. |
Tucker, that cracks me up. I, too, love geckos - lots of them in Southern Florida where I grew up. Long, green, thin ones. But could turn brown if
sitting on bark. That always amazed me.
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The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Tucker
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Bob, these don't seem to change color,
They stay pretty much the color as in Judy's photo, maybe a little lighter tan color.
\"I think it would be a good idea.\"
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Sorry to interupt.....
Tucker, that is a really interesting Avatar you have now, is it a photo?, painting?, just what is it? Is there a way to blow it up so I can have a
better look? Thanks....
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Knowing this crowd, I was sure the the gecko poop would have come up. Have any of you ever noticed that their poop has a little white dot on top of
the brown stuff. Its looks like a miniture white chocolate kiss. ok enough of that.
I also dont believe that they change colors. This was taken on my porch with the porch light on. There are 100's of them around the 3 lights on the
porch.
One year before we moved here permanantly we were sitting outside because it was hot and we entertained ourselves watching the little boogers eat
anything that came within their radar. Then there was a fight over an extremely large moth and one lost his tail......and the moth. We laughed and
said "who needs tv?"
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More than you probably want to know about lizard poo
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Knowing this crowd, I was sure the the gecko poop would have come up. Have any of you ever noticed that their poop has a little white dot on top of
the brown stuff. Its looks like a miniture white chocolate kiss. ok enough of that.
Judy , if memory serves me correctly, since lizards don't micturate ,they excrete their urates into a common holding structure (cloaca) along with
fecal material and reproductive products and it is all excreted together in one dump. The little white clump being the analogous urinary portion.
I believe birds use the same mechanism
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lera
Now that's funny. certainly had a positve effect on my day LOL By the
way very interesting too. Where do you come up with these tidbits? k
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Lots of excellent information here. I guess the type of lizard I was referring to (that changes color) is an Anole, or some species similar to this.
They are quite common in Southern Florida.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Anole.jpg
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The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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bajajudy
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Whoa
Is this an intellectual group or what!
Thanks lera, I have always wondered but was afraid to ask.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Whoa
Is this an intellectual group or what!
Thanks lera, I have always wondered but was afraid to ask. |
No , you guys can't read
Lero
Doug, how do I change this handle!? 
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oops
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Gecko
Bumper crop of geckos in Loreto this year. Probably carryover from the 2 big rains in 2003: water makes bugs, bugs feed geckos, geckos eat and breed.
House has at least one breeding pair, and I've seen as many as 3 adults at the same time.
They crawl all over the walls and ceiling at night, and I swear, I've never had a more bug-free house.
I've not seen any color changing. I don't think they do that.
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Gecko
They start out real small.
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