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Monday, July 17th, 2006 04:56 pm
when gekkos attack
A gekko just attacked me.
There I was, minding my own business on the hideously hot front porch, thinking pure thoughts of John Sheppard and ice cubes and possibly Dean but we don't need to go there, do we?
And there it was. *Squirming* up over the side of a pot, tiny head flaring to gaze at me with hot, angry eyes. *Leaping* from the pot to set its sights on my vulnerable bare feet.
...I suppose some of you might call it 'running in my general direction'.
I think I'll stay in my nice, reptile-free, mammal-warm room for the rest of the day. With my bunnies. Who are not reptile, amphibian, or other non-warm blooded, non-egg laying animals.
Am I seriously having a post-gekko reaction headache? Possibly. Or perhaps the fact I slammed into the screen door like the hookman was after my innards may have something to do with that.
You know, every once in a while, I have to wonder if anyone else has these problems. Also, ouch.
There I was, minding my own business on the hideously hot front porch, thinking pure thoughts of John Sheppard and ice cubes and possibly Dean but we don't need to go there, do we?
And there it was. *Squirming* up over the side of a pot, tiny head flaring to gaze at me with hot, angry eyes. *Leaping* from the pot to set its sights on my vulnerable bare feet.
...I suppose some of you might call it 'running in my general direction'.
I think I'll stay in my nice, reptile-free, mammal-warm room for the rest of the day. With my bunnies. Who are not reptile, amphibian, or other non-warm blooded, non-egg laying animals.
Am I seriously having a post-gekko reaction headache? Possibly. Or perhaps the fact I slammed into the screen door like the hookman was after my innards may have something to do with that.
You know, every once in a while, I have to wonder if anyone else has these problems. Also, ouch.
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From:HA! Supernatural finally got you in its clutches, did it? I was expecting this...
lol
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From:These words bring me such joy.
You'd feel a lot less vulnerable if you were inside, watching the rest of the SPN eps. (Do you still need 18-23? I can hook you up.)
More recs have come in for you, btw, and I'll have a few more to send your way this evening.
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and speaking of things on porches
From:So, uh, yeah. At least law enforcement AND LINKS TO PICTURES OF EVIL are being slammed up in response to your pain.
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From:I can't say I do, what with living in a nice gecko-free city. :D
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From:A few months ago we had a big storm that blew a tree down. The X came over and brought his chainsaw and while I was clearing some limbs out I looked down and there was a largish gko looking up at me as if to say "HEY Hands off my HOUSE" So to make sure he wasn't going to end up in the landfill with the growing pile of tree at the curb, I grabbed him and showed him first to my X, who used to always complain about them because they had a knack for gettig squished in every possible doorjamb. But once I held it up, it wriggled free and latched onto the side of my hand. We watched it hang there for a minute before it fell off and scampered away.
Also, this time of year they start migrating indoors to find coolness and water so they're always jumping down from things and skittering across floors. The larger ones don't seem to have a problem letting me know they don't want me messing with them by doing that mouth-openy thing.
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From:Staying inside the house? Always the way to go.
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From:::shudders FOREVER::
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From:/phobic
Thank gods the cats think they're tasty.
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From:I like my nature climate and pest controlled. *nods sagely*
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From:GUH!
What an image.
Hope you feel better.
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From:Re: "pure thoughts of John Sheppard and ice cubes," my brain has just issued a red flashing Cannot Compute warning and might shut down at any second.
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From:1 pair black cowboy boots: bought too long ago to remember
1 pair neon pink shorts: $15
1 pair tongs: $10
Phone bill: $30
Having everyone in a three-mile radius mock your fear of a six-inch black snake: priceless
*off to contemplate Dean and ice cubes*
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From:And, seriously, stick to anything. Do you know how long it took scientists to figure out how the hell they did it? It turned out in the end that the pads of their toes had fibres so fine that they bonded to any surface, even glass, on a molecular level.
... I'll stop spamming you now.
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From:(Don't look at me that way. I've been exposed to this fandom's crack fumes for too long.)
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From:Reptiles of any sort are rare and wondrous things here in Rising Damp Capital, UK - although that may change if the weather stays like it is at the moment.
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From:From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org): The toes of the gecko have attracted a lot of attention, as they adhere to a wide variety of surfaces, without the use of liquids or surface tension. Recent studies of the setae on gecko footpads demonstrates that the attractive forces that hold geckos to surfaces are van der Waals interactions between the finely divided setae and the surfaces themselves. That these kinds of interactions involve no liquids (or no gases) is important; in theory, a boot made of synthetic setae would adhere as easily to the surface of the International Space Station as it would to a living room wall.
And here is the entry on Van der Waals force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_der_Waals_force). God bless the BBC and its late-night documentaries; it's the only reason I know anything like this.
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From:Next time I see a gecko I'll definitely pass the information on to anyone in earshot though.
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they're not mammals, so...
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Re: they're not mammals, so...
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apparantly so...
From:I was going to say no, but after reading the comments I'd be lying. I had no idea people actually reacted this way to animals. It's... weird. I used to volunteer at an animal center when I was a kid. I vied and got assigned the task of predator feeding (snakes and hawks) and it is the shinest happiest place of my childhood. But I'll stop there, b'c while I don't understand your phobia, I have no desire to... blah blah make it worse cakes.
You totally deserve bunnies. *sends fuzzy thoughts*
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From:*mouth opens and closes* Oh my GOD.
*dies laughing* THAT IS SO HIM! YOU GOT HIM!
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From:Also, we have joined the ranks of rabbitted households since my sister brought one of her bunnies home from her ex-fiance's house the week before last. It's drawn blood from me twice with its monstrously untrimmed claws.
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From:Yeah, those claws are something else. I have scars on my wrists still from the last time they seriously went after me.
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From:I nearly peed myself
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