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Flying Gecko Eats his skin *VIDEO*

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Old 12-22-2010, 01:41 AM
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Smile Flying Gecko Eats his skin *VIDEO*
I rec twice in 2 mounts or so,that my gecko had his skin shedding!
how often they do that? and why?

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Old 12-22-2010, 02:08 AM
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That was a nice video, well done.
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Great video! Don't know why the flyers and other geckos eat their old skin. Maybe it just has to do with their "housekeeping" ?
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Could be "recycling" nutrients! Very cool.
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[quote=Elizabeth Freer;296849] Don't know why the flyers and other geckos eat their old skin. QUOTE]

Many geckos are incapable of initiating or completing the shedding process without biting at the loose skin to get things going and finished. Secondarily, probably some nutrional benefit in consuming it.
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BIG THANKS to you, Jon! I had wondered about any nutritional benefit.
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Don't know why the flyers and other geckos eat their old skin. QUOTE]

Many geckos are incapable of initiating or completing the shedding process without biting at the loose skin to get things going and finished. Secondarily, probably some nutrional benefit in consuming it.
Thats true but the main reson they do it is bc when in the wild it helped to keep preditorx from finding them by eating thre shed it helpec cover there tracks.
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How does anybody know why they eat their skin? What, did they do an interview and that's what the gecko said?
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Lol good point
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How does anybody know why they eat their skin? What, did they do an interview and that's what the gecko said?
Yes, the "interview" did happen! Mr. Geico was the spokesgecko .
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