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Nature Display: A Picture A Day

Blog Post #16



Chinese Water Dragon - Superior Home Systems: Cedar Park, TX

The Scoop:

The lizard of a million names!  This is my bro's Chinese Water Dragon, Fabio/Godzilla/Iggy Pop...I could go on.  So, he's had some trouble settling on a name...But no matter!  He has rocked out his terrarium with a water feature, fog/mist machine, day/night light settings, heat rocks, etc. and of course it's ALL automated and can be controlled remotely, not to mention he's got a camera positioned on there too that we can log-in and view from anywhere!!  Now, that's how it's done ;)  This lizard is sooo cool, he is crazy quick at catching crickets and loves to climb all around the vines/tree limb features in his new environment.

Get YOUR home automated:

http://superiorhomesystems.net/ 

Gotcha! ..Maybe not?

Nature Display: A Picture A Day

Blog Post #9

House Gecko - Garage wall: Leander, TX

The Scoop:

Well I was going to post a picture of a spider that I took this evening, but I was first taking the time to identify it.  I browsed images of spiders on the web and it just might be an extremely venomous spider and the whole search has completely freaked me out..so I have submitted those pictures to a spider identification forum.  I reeeeeeally hope it's just a look-a-like to the poisonous species.

Another gecko!!!  I love these guys :)  This is exactly the kind of commonly found gecko we used to capture as kids and keep in a terrarium.  You have to be quick because these lil' buggers are FAST and if you try to grip it by the tail it falls right off!  Yup, in case you didn't know - a gecko can lose it's tail as a defensive mechanism and then a new tail will eventually grow back in its place!  The tail that falls off will still wriggle around for a bit too and make the predator think it still has a hold of the gecko.  Meanwhile, he's run out of harms way.  This guy is a house gecko and he is nocturnal and preys on insects and spiders.

Here's another cool house gecko picture I came across:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_gecko_with_spider.JPG

Gecko!!

Nature Display: A Picture A Day

Blog Post #4

Day Gecko - Fort Worth Zoo: Ft. Worth, TX

The Scoop:

It's a GECKO!  Pretty much my entire immediate family has a deeply rooted love for all things reptile and an even greater affinity for geckos in particular.  I took this picture at the Ft. Worth Zoo maybe two years ago.  This awesome lil' fella is a Day Gecko clinging to the glass of his enclosure at the zoo.  I read online that there are over 65 species of Day Geckos; most of which are found in Madagascar.  This guy is all green on top with blue and brown/rusty red markings, stunning.

Check out this blog about a pet Day Gecko named Pokie (great pics):

http://daygeckos.blogspot.com/