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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: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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