Joel Sartoreのインスタグラム(joelsartore) - 6月22日 22時37分

No, these creatures didn’t just escape from Jurassic Park, but they do have a resemblance and a link to dinosaurs that roamed the earth millions of years ago. Scientists from Oregon State University and the Natural History Museum in London discovered the oldest known fossil of a gecko in 2009, a 100-million-year-old specimen preserved in amber! The fossil provides evidence that geckos were definitely in Asia 100 million years ago. Today, there are more than 1,200 species of geckos in the world. Not only do they resemble creatures of another time, they have some unbelievable abilities. Geckos can stick to any surface except for dry teflon, thanks to thousands of nanoscale hairs that line each of their toes. Unlike other lizards, geckos are able to vocalize, they make clicks, chirps, and other sounds to communicate with other geckos. They are able to drop their tails as a response to stress, infection or to escape from predators if the tail itself is grabbed. They drop their tails along a pre-scored line, a design that allows a gecko to lose its tail quickly with minimal damage to the rest of its body. Most amazing of all, the tail literally wiggles for some time after breaking off just to confuse the predator even more! Another unique feature is that more than fifty species lack eyelids. Instead, they have a spectacle, or a clear scale over their eyes instead of an eyelid. Perhaps the best analogy is that a gecko’s tongue acts as a windshield wiper and the spectacle a windshield. Geckos lick their eyes to keep them clean and keep it from drying out, similar to the function blinking serves for human eyes.
| All from the private collection of Nathan Hall @coldbloodedcamera
Geckos pictured are as follows in order: A vulnerable kuroiwa's ground gecko, Wyberba leaf-tailed gecko- the tail will grow back and a Koch’s barking gecko.

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