So I learnt something interesting tonight while checking temperatures in everyone’s habitats…………..
The tiniest, greenest cat in existence.
Laser enrichment has been shown to work with many animals, even fish!
Any animal with interest in chasing small, moving things can potentially be entertained by a laser pointer. Fish, definitely, as long as you’re careful not to shine it on their eyelid-less eyeballs. Also, dart frogs will go nuts and bomp into each other chasing after one.
Mauritius ornate day gecko is a diurnal species of geckos. It occurs on the island Mauritius
and some surrounding islands and typically inhabits different trees and
bushes. The Mauritius ornate day gecko feeds on insects and nectar. This Gecko is one of the smallest day geckos. It can reach a total length of about 12 cm. The body colour is quite variable. It can be bluish green, green with a blue area on the front back, or completely blue.
Left: A fish-scaled Geckolepis megalepis rests on a branch. Right: G. megalepis after losing its scales. Photo courtesy of Frank Glaw.
If you tried to grab a Geckolepis megolepis gecko, it would likely slip from your hand — leaving only its scales in your grasp.
Geckolepis megolepis is the newest and largest-known member of the world’s fish-scaled geckos, according to a formal description published Tuesday in PeerJ. Like other lizards or salamanders, these geckos can drop their tails after being caught by predators, but they can also escape capture thanks to break-away skin.
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