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baraliten [2008-10-03 11:08:49 +0000 UTC]
This is an rally awesome picture!! HAvent seen the egg-tooth on my little ones. And I dont have such a good camera as you have so I coud capture them =/
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Karnanyd [2008-08-09 19:52:04 +0000 UTC]
I love your little vampire signature. XD
This is a great shot.
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Infinitys--End [2008-08-05 18:45:23 +0000 UTC]
Great job!
I too had been wondering about the egg tooth, I guess this is just another great discovery about these creatures.
I really don't understand how these guys could have made it in the wild. I haven't done much research on New Caledonia, but if it has larger animals or predators, I don't know how these little guys survived.
They're squishy, have big heads, the teeth they have are just hard ridges that can barely do enough damage to draw blood. No venom, no camouflage... (They get brighter and colorful at night!)
It seems like their very existence is to be cute and that's all.
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CatharsisJB In reply to Infinitys--End [2008-08-05 18:59:50 +0000 UTC]
It is believed that in nature, before man started messing with them and crossing this to that, their colors were a lot more subdued, and they blend in a lot better. I mean, half the time I see anoles in Florida they're super-dark brown against a white post and the place is just crawling with them, and they also have almost no bite or other fighting mechanisms...
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Infinitys--End In reply to CatharsisJB [2008-08-05 19:08:54 +0000 UTC]
It's really hard to know with these guys, being such a new discovery. There is still no date set for the life expectancy of the crested gecko, that tells how little we know. We're learning new things about them every day, just like you found out about the teeth.
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Pink-Kitten [2008-08-05 17:37:23 +0000 UTC]
its a VAMPRO ..... or a GEKPIRE!!!
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BakayaroManiac [2008-08-05 14:10:07 +0000 UTC]
This is so exciting! I hear that getting pictures of most animals with egg-teeth is really hard.
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cosmicspider [2008-08-05 13:55:36 +0000 UTC]
Wow, those look pretty gnarly! Kudos for managing to capture this on film... considering how tiny a baby gecko is and how teensy those egg teeth must be. Yay!
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Crazy-Cat-Lady [2008-08-05 13:49:30 +0000 UTC]
very nice shot of the mysterious egg teeth!
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