| Paisley had a gecko to release and we saw two bilbies and two burrowing bettongs. |
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| A single seta of the tokay gecko is approximately 100 microns in length and 5 microns in diameter. |
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| The gecko example that has been most fully studied is the tokay, Gekko gecko. |
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| Using new microelectromechanical systems force measurement techniques, Autumn et al. measured the force production of a single gecko seta. |
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| There were also some reptiles including a legless lizard and a very pretty bynoe's gecko. |
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| Among prehistoric lacertilians were the gecko Ardeosaurus and the monitor Megalania. |
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| Climbing geckos use all four feet similarly to produce positive fore-aft forces parallel to the surface that propel the gecko upwards. |
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| In another example of blurry physical boundaries, consider the gecko, a lizard remarkable for its ability to walk upside down on ceilings. |
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| The secret to the tape is that it emulates the hairs on the feet of a gecko. |
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| Why do gecko feet stay sticky for months, when they walk on all kinds of surfaces and never groom their feet? |
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| There's no way a gecko or skink, for example, will grow as big as a Brachiosaurus. |
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| Full is part of the team that discovered in 2000 the adhesive force of the hairs on the pads of gecko feet. |
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| The highly divided gecko foot is also minutely adaptable to bumpy surfaces and is easy to reposition, he says. |
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| A gecko in the hand feels cool and its broad, padded feet cling to skin like delicate suckers. |
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| Mr. Mshelbwala pointed out that taxonomy was a dynamic science as only recently a new species of gecko had been identified. |
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| The most common reptile is the gecko, a small insectivore lizard which appreciates hot places. |
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| Thus, when walking or running up a tree or wall, a gecko must curl and uncurl its pad surface with every step. |
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| Because the hooklike cells are bent downward and to the rear, a gecko must curl its pads upward to disengage them. |
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| Dr Geim reckons that a person wearing gloves made from the tape could stick to a wall as well as a gecko does. |
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| This shape suggests a suction mechanism, but suction relies on air pressure and gecko feet are known to stick to walls even in a vacuum. |
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| You can find 500'000 fine hairs in the 200 to 500 nanometer range on the feet of a gecko. |
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| Once sprayed with water, the gecko was unable to adhere to the surface. |
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| Nevertheless, for the past few evenings I've had the tedious task of herding the uncomprehending gecko into a more acceptable location before lights-out. |
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| The gecko tape is modeled on the gecko sole, an intricate fingernail-size surface covered with a half-million microscopic, hair-like structures known as setae. |
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| Jungle pythons, carpet pythons, gecko lizards, tarantulas, scorpions, millipedes and cockroaches all now live in a specially insulated garage at the bottom of his garden. |
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| Sigi meets other animals native to the desert, including camels, a hare, a jerboa, a desert sand fox, a sand cat, and a sand gecko. |
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| The Gulf sand gecko is the only lizard found habitually on sabkha substrate across large parts of the eastern Arabian Peninsula. |
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| The morphology of the digits of the golden gecko, Calodactylodes aureus and its implication for the occupation of rupicolous habitats. |
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| Other popular species are the colubrid snake, veiled chameleon and crested gecko. |
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| Or how does a gecko cling upside down to a ceiling? |
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| The geckos, on the other hand, have several hundred hair cells, and the Gekko gecko has about 1,600, the largest known number of hair cells in any saurian. |
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| Within half an hour of setting out a pair of fake flowers, the researchers typically saw a gecko skitter over to check out the contraptions. |
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| And, like a real gecko, its toes are covered with suitable ridges. |
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| At least four land species are endemic: one crab, a gecko and two lizards. |
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| A newly hatched gecko will need pretty small crickets, but you will not have to go all the way down to pinheads. |
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| Cross a gecko with a mussel and what comes out is a new type of adhesive tape that can repeatedly stick and restick, even underwater. |
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| There were also three black-tailed prairie dogs, several types of tortoise, five ornate horned frogs, an iguana, a gecko and a degu, a small rodent endemic to central Chile. |
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| When this web-footed gecko wants a drink it licks its eyeballs. |
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| The researchers found three new species, including a leaf-tailed gecko, a golden-coloured skink, and a boulder-dwelling frog, that were previously unknown to science. |
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| Gecko spatulae are made of keratin, the protein in human hair. |
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| A Gecko can support the equivalent of 90 pounds while hanging upside down. |
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| The morphology of the digits of the Golden Gecko, Calodactylodes aureus and its implications for the occupation of rupicolous habitats. |
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| The Geiko Gecko makes a cameo appearance as one of six custom pewter tokens on the board. |
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| The Gecko had its tail torn off during a raid on Hobdays, in Walsgrave Road, in the early hours of Wednesday. |
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| Gecko toepads adhere through a combination of weak intermolecular forces, called van der Waals forces, and frictional adhesion. |
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