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5 interesting facts about geckos

Posted by / April 19, 2011

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If the only thing you know about geckos was gleaned from watching one too many GEICO commercials, then it might be time to expand your knowledge about these fascinating little lizards.

  1. Geckos (with the exception of the Eublepharinae subfamily) don’t have eyelids. They clean the eyeball membrane with their tongue.
  2. The only known surface a gecko’s feet can’t stick to is Teflon.
  3. A gecko can support about 8x its weight hanging from just one toe on a smooth glass surface.
  4. Geckos’ footpads are self-cleaning.
  5. It is often thought that geckos are double-jointed, but their toes actually just bend in the opposite direction from human fingers and toes.

Bonus fun fact: GEICO stands for Government Employees Insurance Company.

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  • alexis. welch

    thats a lot of awesome facts. hagha lmao

  • great facts i love them now i can use them for my homework thanx

  • john

    poo

  • fred

    nice facts creepy and boring

  • Cindy

    What do u mean POO?

  • Ani

    Hi thanks for your gecko facts now I can use them for homework

  • ut

    good stuff good stuff :P!

  • Lucy

    This was really helpful. Now I can finish my homework. Awesome.

  • bob

    good stuff thanks i can use it to masturebate

  • bob ur weird and every body else here is pretty cool.