2. What family does the gecko
belong to?
Geckos are small to average sized lizards belonging to the family
Gekkonidae which are found in warm climates throughout the world.
Geckos are unique among lizards in sounds they make.
3. How can Geckos walk upside
down?
Geckos can race up a polished glass at a meter per
second and support their body weight from a wall with a
single toe. This is due to the millions of tiny hairs
found on their toes. These tiny hairs are called Van
Der Waals forces, which allow the gecko’s feet to stick
to almost any surface. If a gecko used all of its tiny
hairs at a time, it could support up to 280 pounds.
4. How many different types of
species of geckos are there?
There are more then 1,196 different spacies of
geckos.
They are all over the world.
5. What do geckos eat?
Geckos eat a lot of insects and
sometimes they even eat some fruit.