You'd think evolution would kill off the ghetto walking Gekkos, especially nowadays crossing highways. But even before cars, wouldn't that movement, and lack of movement, make them easy prey for hawks, etc? Any advantage to this movement?
So they shoot a lizard walking and reverse it back and forth - big deal. They used to do this in old Disney animal documentaries - like in the 50's. It was much better when they had two scorpions facing each other, using the same effect with old square dancing music.
Nice mickle. Now, I know that because five years ago when I was a little kid, I read animal books all the time. (Perhaps we should send esop back to kindergarten, I'm sure they teach that stuff there.)
Well, that's certainly something I wasn't aware of - thanks for educating me. Infinity: I think I'll review all my copious notes taken in kindergarten and see if my teacher covered that essential anecdote - perhaps I was just sick that day.
Its a chameleon, there are 150 species of chameleon, most use this walk when feeling threatened (or in this case in a very unnatural and open environment).
Its a way to blend in with natural sinus movements in nature, like leafs and branches swinging in the wind. It works because most predators will automatically "think away" these sinus movements so that their pray stands out, kind of how we can cut out some sounds and focus on a specific sound. Its called habituation.
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