Sentences with word «gecko»
The word "gecko" refers to a small lizard that is known for its ability to climb walls and ceilings. Full definition
There have been some stories of people getting free leopard geckos from classified ads.
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But now a team of biologists and polymer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst show that increasing the surface area of gecko toe pads alone can not explain this.
He and his fiance share their home with 2 cats, 2 dogs, and a Leopard Gecko in Gainesville.
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Crafty Cresteds One of the newest hot herps to hit the pet scene are the crested geckos of New Caledonia.
Researchers demonstrated that the gripper could grasp and manipulate rough, porous and dirty objects, such as volcanic rocks — a task that is typically challenging for gecko adhesives.
The folks at Fox kindly sent me a wonderful double - edition of the film to watch, and being full of cold (some may call it man - flu), I broke my Wall Street virginity, and watched Oliver Stone's first film, and indeed gawped at Michael Douglas's performance of Gordon Gecko in all its glory.
These were the unlucky trio taken hostage by the criminal Gecko brothers — Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis and Ernest Liu in the original — and forced to head to notorious Mexican meeting - point The Titty Twister.
A phenomenon called van der Waals forces, named for Nobel Prize - winning physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, explains the non-permanent stickiness of the grippers, as well as gecko feet.
The sticky substances found on gecko feet, meanwhile, have given rise to synthetic dry adhesives.
WALL WALKER Stanford researcher Elliot W. Hawkes, at 70 kilograms, scales a 3.6 - meter - high glass wall with gecko - inspired adhesive pads rigged with special stretchy tendons.
«The scaled king and his knight: Two new giant bent - toed gecko species from New Guinea.»
Zoo Med's Crested Gecko Food has been reformulated using the latest in nutritional science information and techniques.
Adhesives inspired by gecko feet — which use van der Waals forces to cling without feeling sticky (SN Online: 11/18/14)-- could fit the bill, says Mark Cutkosky of Stanford University, whose team has been designing such stickers for more than a decade.
FOOD AND WATER: Strive to match your reptile's natural food as much as possible: Leopard Geckos do not eat vegetables and plants; Tortoises are 98 % vegetarian but will benefit from the odd earthworm; Beardies start out being 90 % carnivorous but should end up being 80 % vegetarian.
He calls to mind the character of Gordon Gecko from the movie Wall Street, who was driven to execute deals and make money no matter what it cost him in terms of his ethics, his relationships, or his reputation.
She replies that she now had the power of the Green Gecko Gem for him.
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Among the other animal ambassadors are day geckos like the one at left (whose digitized doppelgänger hawks insurance in TV ads); the brilliantly colored panther chameleon; and the easily startled balloon fish.
Their pets include three cats — Rocky Raccoon, Minnow, and Xiaoyu; a border collie mix named Layla; a leopard gecko named Jitzu; and seven feisty and friendly chickens.
In the case of two newly described and unusually large gecko species — only a noble name would do.
These quantum forces are used by geckos as they effortlessly scamper along walls and ceilings.
Why, for instance, would lightweight flies need glue to stick to the ceiling, while much heavier animals like geckos don't?
All the details planned by you at Gecko went flawlessly.
The tokay gecko uses nanotechnology to stick itself to trees, walls, windows, and even ceilings.
Just yesterday I had a very nice woman ask to buy a Tokay gecko for her son.
Travolta was actually in discussions to play Seth Gecko in Tarantino's From Dusk»Til Dawn, but he simply didn't want to do a vampire movie.
Dr. Decker also shares her home with two cats with cerebellar hypoplasia named Liza & Splash, a German Shepherd named Zoey, and a yellow - tailed gecko named Perrywinkle.
Because gecko adhesives are powered by molecular interactions between surfaces, they work best when they have a large contact surface area.
If you're looking to introduce the kids to an adventurous new sport, want to enjoy a fun family activity or would like an hour of individual climbing, you are always welcome at Golden Gecko Climbing in Romsey.
As with other geckos, keep no more than one male per colony as, like humans, males are social jerks.
When Julius gets ill, Thom's Catholicism and the Geico Gecko offer dueling takes on the meaning of suffering.
Having provided these warnings, I will say that I have seen occasional successes, including firebellied toad / green tree frog combos, and crested geckoes living above a tropical fish tank.
Gecko Lodge offers the guest an escape from modern urban living.
Gecko Bar Samui is known for its great views as it is located on the Bophut Hills, overlooking the rest of the island.
Eco-friendly practice at Sunset Gecko includes composting of raw garbage, production of pure and natural handmade soap, filtration system for recycling wastewater, use of Neem oil for extermination of mosquitoes, use of naturally decomposing detergent.
«Scientists discover the miracle of how geckos move, cling to ceilings.»
The study, recently published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, reports there are circumstances — such as when geckos fear for their lives, leap into the air and are forced to grab on to a leaf below — when they need every bit of that fabled adhesive ability, and sometimes it's not enough.
I didn't know if they would ever get off the boats, and we joked about writing a Gusto & Gecko adventure on the sea about it.»
In attempt of stealing the gem, she manipulates Toad by asking how badly he is treated as a sidekick to Mario, and that Toad should have been the one to receive the Green Gecko Gem from the King.
The surplus resource theory, as Burghardt calls it, also helps explain why geckos on board the spacecraft started to play while their cousins on Earth — the control group — didn't.
I have only one word of caution: When frightened or mishandled, cresties will lose their tails — like many geckoes.
In our one - bedroom holiday home, the air - conditioned, all - white marble bedroom opened onto a breezy open - air living area (visited sometimes by tiny geckos).
As well as incredibly delicious and zesty tacos, The Blue Gecko offers an impressive range of drinks, including beers, wine, spirits and cocktails, all of which are very affordable.
The team first tested the grippers in the Robo - Dome, a giant air hockey table at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., where two 370 - kilogram robots gently pushed each other around using a small square of gecko gripper.
Greaney and colleagues also found that the entire process is quite subtle, so a synergistic combination of angle, flexibility, and extensibility of the hairs exists that results in incredibly robust and tough adhesion — but still allow geckos to unstick without expending energy.
I'm Kristi from Confessions of a YA Reader, Reader (mostly YA), reviewer, blogger, gecko breeder, married.
She lives in Fairfax with her husband, daughter and son, their dog, their rabbit and two pet geckos.