Hello, and welcome to "Weird, Gross and Beautiful,"

a casual discussion about animals

that I think are weird, gross, beautiful, or all three.

And that is the most gorgeous gecko you have ever seen.

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Geckos are so cute.

And they can be so tiny.

Do you want to know how tiny?

I'll tell you.

The smallest gecko ever 1.6 centimeters.

It's so tiny.

Can you imagine?

I can.

Most species of geckos are nocturnal.

And we know what that is, yeah?

I shouldn't have to explain that to you.

Geckos have a lens and each iris that expands in the darkness.

And so their eyesight is over 350 times more

sensitive to light than ours, 350 times.

No wonder they're nocturnal.

Geckos don't have eyelids.

They have a little transparent membrane

that's used over their eyes, which

they keep clean by licking.

They use their long ass tongue.

And they're just like, wa-poo, geh, wa-poo.

And it keeps it clean.

So they can't blink.

So, they're out the sunlight.

Most gecko species can lose their tail.

And it's called autotomy where if a predator pops them

by the tail they can detach their tail.

And the tail will keep wriggling to distract whatever

predator was trying to get them.

And they'll scamper away.

Later, like way later, they'll come back around

and be like, hey do you eat my tail.

Because otherwise if you didn't I'm going to eat that.

Because there's lots of valuable nutrients.

And I need those.

Can I have my tail?

Thank you.

Yeah, they're real fond of eating themselves.

They shed their skin, especially they're around

water sources they'll shed like every two to four weeks

or whatever.

Then they eat their skin.

Because nutrients are important.

Ew.

The word gecko is an onomatopoeia

for the sound that the geckos make when they're

talking to each other, gecko, gecko.

Ah, that's cute.

We're back to cute things, you guys.

I went to Florida not that long ago.

And there was a bunch of kids that could catch them.

And they were very good at it.

So I got to hold some.

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And a big, big thank you to Flaszka

for suggesting today's animal.

I love you so much, my love.

Mwa, mwa, mwa, mwa, mwa.

And I love you guys.

And I'll see you next time.

Bye.