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Giant gecko found on New Zealand mainland
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| April 22, 2010
Posted on 04/22/2010 4:54:28 PM PDT by JoeProBono
CAMBRIDGE, New Zealand, - New Zealand's Maungatautari Restoration Project said a giant gecko found dead in a mouse trap was the first spotted on the mainland in nearly 100 years.
Officials with the project, which aims to restore native species to the Maungatautari mountain region near Cambridge, said the Duvaucel's gecko was found in a mouse trap last month, raising hope that more of the large lizards could be living in the area, the Waikato Times reported Thursday.
Chris Smuts-Kennedy, an ecologist with the project, said the gecko was "in the size range for an adult male." He said the lizards can grow to nearly 12 inches long and "weigh as much as a blackbird."
Smuts-Kennedy said Duvaucel's geckos can live for more than 50 years.
"The most likely scenario is that it represents a surviving population and this is a species which has been thought to be extinct on the mainland for probably close to a century," he said of the gecko. "If he's a Maungatautari born-and-bred animal, it's very unlikely he's the last one."
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: gecko; jpb
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WTF!?
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/22/2010 4:56:04 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(Now's the time to ante up against the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
To: JoeProBono
Don’t get me started on the GEICO gecko. Tokay geckos do not blink, they have no eyelids. It ticks me off every time I see that little snot.
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posted on
04/22/2010 4:56:31 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Candor7
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posted on
04/22/2010 4:57:24 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
04/22/2010 4:58:45 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I would never put my giant gecko in a mouse trap. Ouch.
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posted on
04/22/2010 4:58:57 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Conservatism isn't a party)
To: JoeProBono
Note the multiple pupils.
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posted on
04/22/2010 4:59:46 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
I’ll bet that they can’t talk either.
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posted on
04/22/2010 5:01:07 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, you know chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
04/22/2010 5:01:31 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Deaf Smith
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posted on
04/22/2010 5:01:39 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Deaf Smith
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posted on
04/22/2010 5:03:45 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: 1rudeboy
Do you have any issues with the Aflack duck?
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posted on
04/22/2010 5:03:49 PM PDT
by
donhunt
(I used to have a US senator who lived in a compound.)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
Giant geckos can save you 50%, not just 15%, on car insurance.
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posted on
04/22/2010 5:05:12 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
To: 1rudeboy
Tokay geckos do not blink, they have no eyelids. It ticks me off every time I see that little snot.
Would you be more accepting of him if he didn't speak with such an accent?
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posted on
04/22/2010 5:06:57 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Peanut butter was just peanut butter until I found Free Republic.........)
To: donhunt
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posted on
04/22/2010 5:08:17 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: donhunt
The Aflac duck makes me homicidal. Ans I like ducks.
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posted on
04/22/2010 5:12:15 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Hot Tabasco
The accent’s rather annoying, too.
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posted on
04/22/2010 5:12:55 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Hot Tabasco
"Tokay geckos do not blink, they have no eyelids. It ticks me off every time I see that little snot."
If this gets to you and I can only imagine what Obama does! ;-)
To: 1rudeboy
He was always the thespian.
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posted on
04/22/2010 5:17:18 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, you know chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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