Biologist Robert Full studies the amazing gecko, with its supersticky feet and tenacious climbing skill. But high-speed footage reveals that the gecko's tail harbors perhaps the most surprising talents of all.
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About twenty-five years ago, I read Gerald Durrell's book My Family and Other Animals (1957), an account of his early life in Corfu.
Now that the main gekkotan groups have been introduced, it's time to get down to some of the details. We begin with stuff on lifestyle and behaviour...
Geckos do it better!!
But... what about original tail vs. regrown tail??
Super video, thanks!
becca - the regenerate tail is less flexible than the original (its skeleton is a cartilaginous rod not a vertebral column), but the stump of "real" tail that it grows from might be enough to retain these functions, especially if the gecko has the chance to learn to adjust its responses.