
Western banded geckos (Coleonyx variegatus) easily dine on venomous scorpions and avoid being stung during the hunting fight with such a dangerous prey invertebrate.
Geckos bite the scorpion and thrash their heads and upper bodies back and forth, body-slamming the scorpion against the ground, new high-speed video reveals. “The behavior is so fast that you can’t see what’s actually happening,” says San Diego State University biologist Rulon Clark. “[You] see the gecko lunge and then see this crazy blur of motion … like trying to watch the wings of a hummingbird.
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