Bathroom visitor by cfulton
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This little gecko regularly visits the bathroom at night. Keeps the mozzies and miggies under control, so I do not mind at all. As for my daughter... well... she has come to respect his value!
This shot does give any idea of his size or where he was. He/she is about 100mm (4in) long and was right up the wall close to the ceiling.
I was confused because it looks like I have cut it out. Looking at the EXIF data I see that I did something that I very seldom do - used the on camera flash! The fact that he was on a light blue wall in the corner near the white ceiling meant that there was a lot of bounce, hence very reduced shadows.
By the way, those are not suckers on his finger tips. Recent studies of the spatula tipped setae on gecko footpads demonstrate that the attractive forces that hold geckos to surfaces are van der Waals interactions between the finely divided setae and the surfaces themselves. Every square millimeter of a gecko's footpad contains about 14,000 hair-like setae.
(Wikipedea)
Oh, this is a local gecko in Cape Town, South Africa.
Here endeth the lesson!
Clive
Comments (19)
durleybeachbum
How fascinating, Clive! I love to know things like that, and how I wish we had these here in England. Mind you, my lodgers might be less keen, they don't even really like my spiders.
Mondwin
Very lovely !!!!!!!!!!!!!Bravisimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
flavia49
wonderful!!
Hubba1
Interesting! and very scary :)
jendellas
I would agree with your daughter, I am afraid. Great pic though!!!!
Meisiekind
These things freak me out Clive. They are also very prominent in Durban! I was visiting my friend once and while showering, one of these critters fell from the ceiling onto me... Needless to say - chaos erupted. He didn't get injured but I almost broke some bones in my attempt to get away - with the necessary noices of course!!! Very good capture under the circumstances!!! :)
flora-crassella
wonderful picture!!!!!
bmac62
Good pic...the flash worked to your distinct advantage. Had these little guys in Vietnam...since they liked to snack on mosquitoes and other pesky insects, I like geckos a lot!!!
MrsLubner
Mind-boggling info and the photo is excellent. The use of the flash seems to have turned in your favor here. I think a blue background would have not been as attractive and I also like how the background doesn't compete in any way for attention in this.
frankie96
Interesting information and a very attention getting image...
lucindawind
hes a cute little guy ! great shot & info
kgb224
Wonderful capture Clive.
lue
Cool me and my wife were 3 weeks ago in Cancun and we had simular visits the bathroom, from what we udnrstan it hard to get rid of them in respect of them coming in because they can get in any way they like. Youre shot just reminded me of great vication we had thanks man.
sandra46
fabulous shot
auntietk
danapommet
And a wonderful lesson it was. As is the photo. They are everywhere in south Florida. Thank goodness for weather stripping. Dana
praep
Sweet little guy - I wish we had some here to catch all the little "vampires"
debbielove
Very cool to have.. Wish I had them... Another great picture, my friend, with great info as well... thanks.. Rob.
lorandbartho
Superb!