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A gecko is the only lizard that has a voice. Most geckos are nocturnal. Geckos are carnivores. They eat mostly insects like crickets and cockroaches, but they also eat young birds, eggs and tiny mammals.
Geckos have short, wide, fleshy toes with backward-curved claws. Most geckos have sticky toe pads, made of velcro-like bristles on the bottom of their feet. This helps them be good climbers even on smooth surfaces or upside down. The geckos eyes are protected by a transparent membrane. The gecko cleans the membrane with its long tongue. Its main predator are snakes. When a gecko is caught by its tail, it releases the tail which twitches for a while and gives the gecko time to escape. The tail eventually grows back. Source: Enchanted Learning:
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