The question of geckos, why are geckos called geckos?

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Geckos look like lizards, are completely harmless to humans, and belong to the gecko family. There are about 750 species of geckos in the world, belonging to about 80 genera. Geckos are small and mostly nocturnal reptiles.

**Soft, short and sturdy body. The head is large, the limbs are small, and the toes are mostly extended and have suction cups. Most geckos are between 3 and 15 centimeters long, including the tail, which takes up half of its body length.

Geckos are highly adaptable to their environment and have their footprints from deserts to jungles. There are many species of geckos that interact with people. Geckos feed mainly on insects, which is valuable to humans.

The suckers of the geckos' toes have many small hooks that look like hair.

With these physiological structures, geckos can crawl on vertically smooth or even smooth ceilings. Most geckos have a clear protective film over their eyes. The pupils of a common nocturnal gecko are erected.

It is oval in shape. Their tails may be long and pointed, short and blunt, or bulbous. Some geckos' tails are also their nutrient storage rooms, and when they are not eating or drinking, they can extract nutrients from them.

Geckos' tails can be easily disconnected and can grow back, which is also a good way to get out of the gecko's way of getting out after being caught.

The color of the gecko is mainly earthy brown and gray. However, there is a diurnal gecko in Madagascar that has a bright green color. Most geckos make noises, unlike other reptiles.

Generally, geckos are oviparous, but some geckos in New Zealand give birth to baby geckos directly.

Geckos are widely distributed in warm regions of the world, and there are at least several species in every land. The ringed gecko is the most widespread species in North America, and the adult ringed gecko can reach up to 15 centimeters in length and is reddish or yellowish in color with dark rings and spots.

The giant gecko, which is native to Malaysia, is the largest of the geckos, also known as the house lizard, and can grow up to 15-35 cm in length. The body is gray with red and white rings and spots. The pet market often has large geckos**.

The sun gecko is very rare and endangered, and the Snake Island gecko is also endangered.

It is harmless to humans and is a beneficial insect.

The gecko is called a gecko because it has the following powerful abilities.

Geckos have folds and stickiness on their toes, and are good at walking on smooth walls or stone walls, and even jumping for hunting behaviors. This super ability to fly against walls is very rare in the animal kingdom.

Geckos also have super predatory skills. The gecko's tongue is elastic and sticky, and when hunting mosquitoes and flies, it can swallow its prey as long as the tongue pops out. Geckos also hunt prey that are about the same size or larger than their own body such as locusts, crickets, fei'e, cockroaches, etc., and large geckos can also hunt lizards and birds.

They hunt these prey fiercely and quickly, and they will not relax when they bite, and the prey rarely escapes when it reaches the mouth, just as ferocious as a tiger preys.

A meme in the Japanese anime work "Tokyo Mew".

In the anime, the gecko is tortured by the investigator to extract a confession.

In the first season of Tokyo Seed Brother 12 episodes, the gecko concocted the same method, tormented Kaneki, and asked him questions in order to keep Kaneki awake, 1000-7=? 993-7=？…

The gecko breeding period is May to August, and the mating and spawning begin in May, but the eggs are most laid in June and July. 2 eggs are laid at a time, they are white and have a leathery sheath on the outside, slightly smaller than the eggs of a pigeon, round in shape, the eggs weigh 5 7 grams, they can adhere to the walls of caves or on the rock face, and the incubation period is 35 to 45 days, sometimes longer.