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Originally posted by Cosmic911
reply to post by Lagrimas
Thanks for the video. What I'm wondering is, where the hell was that? Where the hell is the place where 2 geckos and a snake end up on your living room wall?! I heard people talking in the background, but it was drowned out by my girlie screaming!
Despite the fact that they follow human habitation, finding human dwellings to be great places to find prey, Tokays are the least lovable of the geckos. They are known for their nasty temperament, cheerfully biting the hand that feeds, cleans or otherwise comes into anything resembling close proximity to them. Their bites are powerful--one might say they are the pit bulls of the gecko world...they hang on and let go only when it suits them. Equipped as they are with numerous sharp teeth, the bites can bleed profusely and, even barring subsequent infection, are annoying for days. Note that while I am a strong believer that almost any animal can be habituated to human contact, such contact can be stressful for many species, and geckos as a whole are known for their marked preference to be left alone.
Originally posted by Afterthought
reply to post by Char-Lee
The lizard in the video is a tokay gecko. House geckos are much smaller and more docile.
www.house-gecko.com...
Tokays on the other hand are known as the pit bulls of the geckos.
Despite the fact that they follow human habitation, finding human dwellings to be great places to find prey, Tokays are the least lovable of the geckos. They are known for their nasty temperament, cheerfully biting the hand that feeds, cleans or otherwise comes into anything resembling close proximity to them. Their bites are powerful--one might say they are the pit bulls of the gecko world...they hang on and let go only when it suits them. Equipped as they are with numerous sharp teeth, the bites can bleed profusely and, even barring subsequent infection, are annoying for days. Note that while I am a strong believer that almost any animal can be habituated to human contact, such contact can be stressful for many species, and geckos as a whole are known for their marked preference to be left alone.
www.anapsid.org...
I used to work with reptiles and we were cleaning the tokays cages one day when one latched onto my boss' finger. Even when he stuck his hand in a bucket of water, it wouldn't let go!