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To: molewhacka

I like the idea.

When I was a kid I lived in the Philippines, and they had abundant populations of lizards, including geckos that had disposable tails, smallish garishly colored bodies, and huge heads with tiny needle-like teeth. I recall them being up to a foot long with the tail.

I would hear them at night...”EEEEH OHHH...(long pause)...EEEEEH OHHHHH!”

Whenever I saw one of these, I would attempt to capture it. They were terrifically interesting, but quite dangerous looking with that big head and mouth.

I would attempt to knock them from the overhead then grab them by the neck right behind the head. A broom worked to knock them to the ground, but I recall they easily would avoid a stick.

While holding them by the neck (with that big mouth wide open threateningly) I would put other bugs into its mouth to see what would happen when it clamped down. I would place its body on a window or a jar to see if it could latch on and support lifting the jar from the ground with those cool feet (it could)

One day at school, during shop class, I saw one on the overhead just outside Mr. Stauffer’s class. I grabbed a broom and swiped at it while I stood directly underneath it...it fell...and landed on my face.

In terror and panic, I shook my head violently, throwing my black plastic BCD glasses (Birth Control Device) about five yards away.

When they landed, the gecko was firmly attached to the glasses!


4 posted on 04/11/2018 8:57:38 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: rlmorel

Did the gecko get to keep the glasses?


7 posted on 04/11/2018 9:02:17 AM PDT by molewhacka
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To: rlmorel

I used to super-glue thread to the backs of flies and then take them for a walk around the neighborhood.


14 posted on 04/11/2018 9:35:54 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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