Flying Gecko Eats his skin *VIDEO*

Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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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" :)?
 
Geitje

Geitje

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Elizabeth Freer said:
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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Jasonp85

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Geitje said:
Elizabeth Freer said:
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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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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pakinjak

pakinjak

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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?
 
Speed_freak

Speed_freak

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Ok..and here are some new pictures of him! :)

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Yoshi'smom

Yoshi'smom

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I can't find the diagram online that I have in my Herpetology book but I'll try my best to explain. When the new layer of skin develops and pushes the old one up there is still some (alpha and beta) keratin left in the old layer. So eating the shed ensures that no keratin is wasted (which is a big part of the makeup of the outer layers of skin) and no predators can detect you. Hope this helps a bit
Speed Freak> Nice pictures! That's one gorgeous gecko!
 
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