Behold! My grand debut!













I'm not much of a cameraman, but here you go anyway :P

More to come, probably.

Those geckos look great Raiden! :)

Btw, what's the real difference between Salamander's and Gecko's?

Oh man, where do I start?

Well, starting from the top, taxonomically:

Leopard Gecko:

Animalia > Chordata > Reptilia > Squamata > Eublepharidae > Eublpharis > Macularis

Chinese Firebelly Newt:

Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Salamandridae > Cynops > Orientalis

Amphibians:

- Are ectothermic (cold blooded).

- Live the first part of their life as an aquatic larva with gills.

- Do not lay eggs with shells; eggs are jelly coated and are layed in water.

- Their skin does not protect them from drying out; some species will die within ten minutes of being removed from water. Other species can go for very long periods without water by covering their body with a waxy material or by burrowing underground and hiding in a mucous cocoon until rain returns.

- Frogs, Toads, Newts, Salamanders, Caecilians, and Mudpuppies/Ohms are all amphibians.

Lizards:

- Have a tough, watertight layer of scales on top of their epidermis (and firmly attached to it)

- Lay eggs with a calcium-based shell in small clutches (this makes them an amniote).

- Can survive in any climate that is warm enough, thanks to their watertight skin.

- Are also ectotherms.

- Include Geckos, Iguanas, Monitor Lizards, Bearded Dragons, Anoles, Chameleons, and more.

- Do not spend the first half of their life as an aquatic larva; the babies are juvenile adults, and live on land. (any animal that does not have babies that resemble a "mini-adult" of the animal are considered "larvae" as babies).

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So, a lot. My newt would die if he left the water for a few hours, and the geckos could go for weeks without water if they had to.

There's more, but I could write a whole article about it if I wanted.

i think you look like David GIlmour in the early days

Nice video... so, you're a sentient gecko? :P

Another one, with commentary.

Ignore the ****ty laptop :P

:DMore...More!!! :D That was really great! One man and his Gecko....hmmm Sounds like the making of a great TV series. Hehehe. Irayo for sharing..:hi:

Nice Videos!! What a cool Gecko! :)

The lid for the box says "larver", which is larvae in swedish...

Are you swedish raiden? (you sure don't sound swedish though :P)

Heh.

No, I'm not. I'm in the U.S.

It does sort of look like an R or something, but if you pause the video it looks more like an E.

It's just my crappy handwriting :P

Hiccup:Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile.
:xD:

I thought of that when he wouldn't eat the food

that gecko is pretty cool, I've never seen anything like that. I particularly like it's tail, it looks so weird! :xD:

Heh, yup.

When I got him he was in real bad shape. The tail was about as thick as a pencil.

If he had gone much longer without food or water in that state, he would've been a goner.

These are also one of the lizards that can drop their tail if they are confronted with a predator; the tail wiggles around a bit, and the predator takes the tail, giving the lizard a chance to escape.

However, this is still not good; the lizard loses all of the nutrients and water it had been storing, and if it does get sick, its in trouble.

A new tail will regrow, but it will be stumpy and short; this is thought to be because the new tail winds up being shaped a little like the lizard's head, and that predators will strike the tail again instead of the head, allowing the lizard to dodge the proverbial bullet yet again.

Lizards... what can't they do :D

Tap dance whilst playing the banjo singing 'I've got a loverly pair of coconuts'....:xD:

:facepalm:...Ok I'll get mi coat...