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    HENKEL'S LEAF-TAILED GECKO

    Family: Gekkonidae 

    Habitat: Humid rain forest

    Fun Fact: When the Uroplatus henkeli (a species of Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko) is attacked, it makes a screeching distress call, startling the predator and often allowing it to escape.

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mrsacmi

SPINY DEVIL KATYDID looks like it could be a cartoon character

September 25 2012 at 9:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
mrsacmi

looks like it could be a cartoon character

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mrsacmi

looks like it could be a cartoon character

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hamcallk5co

Ever Seen Obama's ears?

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Abhiroop Boga

funny...n vry amazing 2 c dem!!

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exinde

Odds of successive mutations by chance to create even a living cell... beyond absolute zero. Odds of creating a being like this... well you know the rest. Amazing critters.

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ndlptgdncs

another fascinating wonder of nature

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cherrymoon13

You misspelled the country of COLOMBIA in picture #2... no letter U in there...

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David

i like it.

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lynsea1960

Cute little hood ornament!

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