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Hi All,
Can't help myself when I saw this topic-area -- lizards are almost as cool as tortoises, and I worked on some gorgeous ones in Mauritius some years ago, and this topic still fascinates me. I was wondering if any of you, who have lizards as pets, have some info/stories to tell about your lizards and preferences/choice of sweet stuff?
Turns out, in the right kind of ecosystems (especially on a lot of islands), lizards can be pretty important pollinators of plants. Geckos are obviously especially elegant when they climb around on flowers, but also skinks, anoles, and many other groups have been observed licking nectar and pollinating plants.
Here are two examples from Mauritius - the blue-tailed day gecko on (in!) a Trochetia flower, and a Telfair's skink with its face covered in Latania (a palm) pollen:
Can't help myself when I saw this topic-area -- lizards are almost as cool as tortoises, and I worked on some gorgeous ones in Mauritius some years ago, and this topic still fascinates me. I was wondering if any of you, who have lizards as pets, have some info/stories to tell about your lizards and preferences/choice of sweet stuff?
Turns out, in the right kind of ecosystems (especially on a lot of islands), lizards can be pretty important pollinators of plants. Geckos are obviously especially elegant when they climb around on flowers, but also skinks, anoles, and many other groups have been observed licking nectar and pollinating plants.
Here are two examples from Mauritius - the blue-tailed day gecko on (in!) a Trochetia flower, and a Telfair's skink with its face covered in Latania (a palm) pollen:
