The Gecko and the Bug

[avax]

Soooo... boys and girls, does this remind you of your relationship with your s.o.?

Watch the video clip by opening the BBC link below.



"A bizarre relationship between a gecko and a sap-sucking insect has been caught on camera for the first time.

The day gecko, which lives in the forests of Madagascar, has been recorded begging a bug for its dinner.

The lizard repeatedly nods its head at the insect, called a plant hopper, until it flicks over small balls of honeydew for the gecko to dine upon.

It is not yet understood why the insect so willingly offers up honeydew at the lizard's behest.

Some believe that the presence of the hungry geckos may keep other predators away from the insect.

The footage was recorded for the BBC One series Life In Cold Blood.

It took the crew several attempts to capture this strange behaviour on camera as plant hoppers are very well camouflaged.

Life In Cold Blood is on BBC One on Monday, 18 February at 2100 GMT and is repeated on BBC One on Sunday, 23 February."

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7247472.stm

[TotalWar]

Feb 17, 2008 3:27:03 GMT -5 @avax said:

Soooo... boys and girls, does this remind you of your relationship with your s.o.?

No.

[Phil]

OOOHHH is this a David Attenburough narrated series?! I love his stuff! I;ve watch "live of Birds", "Live of Mamals", "Planet Earth" ...

Thank for sharing, I gotta check it out when I'm at a better internet connection.

[thekrez]

No, it doesnt.

[ConceptDesign]

Only if I go to a David Icke-esque teppanyaki restaurant and then only if its run and staffed by whitey.