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Friday, February 20, 2009

Beast of the decade Nomination No. 1


It will not just be birds here on the blog. I am very interested in other Orders too, especially herps and dragonflies. I recently visited Namibia and dragged everyone out in the middle of the night to search the large sand dunes near Walvis Bay for this little stunner. It was cold and windy but worth the effort when we found our target. The web-footed gecko Palmatogecko rangei is designed to move around on shifting sand and lacks adhesive scansors on the toes. It is a good contender for beast of the decade and easily wins Beast of 2008.

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