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Geckos - more to their acrobatics than what meets the eye
A gecko's tail is as crucial to the animal's acrobatic ability as its "sticky" feet, scientists report.
High-speed video reveals that the creature uses its tail as a "fifth leg" to prevent it from slipping as it climbs wet surfaces. And the footage shows that if it does fall, a flick of the tail is all it takes for the gecko to land feet-down. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7300879.stm One then wonders, what are all those crippled ones, the ones without tails, doing that we all are familiar with from Indian rooms? |
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