Satisfied gecko (IMAGE)

University of Minnesota

Satisfied gecko

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A gecko licks its lips after drinking a mixture of red nesocodin nectar and sugar. Geckos were also presented with a non-colored sugar sample which wasn't visited nearly as much as the one with nesocodin. In this case, the gecko drank for well over a minute.

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Ylenia Chiari, George Mason University

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