14 જાન્યુઆરી, 2017

Behold the uroplatus gecko!



It's like one of those "grey" aliens....

13 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

traditionalguy કહ્યું...

That is one ugly cat.

MayBee કહ્યું...

I would like someone to do that blurry makeup on it.

MayBee કહ્યું...

Hahahaha trad guy!

David Begley કહ્યું...

Soon to be featured in a GEICO commercial.

Wince કહ્યું...

Heh, heh, the uroplatus matches the carpet.

SayAahh કહ્યું...

The gecko looks like a Keane waif.
Why are we sensitive to big eyes?

Bob Ellison કહ્યું...

Imagine that you're another uroplatus gecko, and you're walking along, minding your own business but interested in the world around you. This gecko comes into your vast field of vision, and you think, "Hello! Let's do it!"

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

"So babies are born with the traits that we find cute, or else we've adapted to find cute the traits that babies possess. Humans are born with their eyes already the size they will be when they are adults, so big eyes relative to face, check. Babies' brains are already nearly fully grown as well which makes their heads are enormous, so big heads, check. Their limbs are small and flabby and they lack coordination; small rounded body, check. Big cheeks, check. And so on. These traits may last in some form or fashion into about the tween years, when kids no longer need the kind of adult supervision they once did and exit the stage of cuteness."

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

Key word: Neoteny.

traditionalguy કહ્યું...

Too many words too early. Some babies must be born with the OED inserted in the womb.

MadisonMan કહ્યું...

The video would be better if said gecko suddenly opened its mouth to bare 4-inch fangs, and bit off the holder's hand.

Fernandinande કહ્યું...

Ann Althouse said...
Key word: Neoteny.


Heh, no. Gecko parents don't interact with their young except perhaps to eat them, and geckos don't have big eyes to appear young, they have big eyes to see in the dark. Humans might think they're seeing neoteny in geckos, but they're not.

n.n કહ્યું...

Looking out, looking in, people want to believe.

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