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HiHoSteveO 10-19-2018 12:13 PM
6 cool facts about green and brown anoles
 
3 Minute YouTube video

6 Cool Facts about Green/Brown Anoles | Pet Reptiles - YouTube

Topspinmo 10-19-2018 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1591625)
SO TRUE. If we don't see them we know a snake is lurking somewhere. I have to say that a couple of days ago I saw six of them sunning themselves on our driveway. (anoles/gecko's) which is a LOT. Maybe this is a time of hatching for the little guys.


Why are Anoles called gecko's? all you even want to know about anoles, and yes they chance colors, but don't have the independent eye movement, slow movement, or feet of gecko's.

Brown Anole/Green Anole, aka Geckos | Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife

joldnol 10-19-2018 12:48 PM
lol, as kids we would make earrings out of them. they will bite down on your lobe and hang there. they don't hurt.

rjm1cc 10-19-2018 01:36 PM
You probably have the same amount, just easier to see. Don't worry about them.

Henryk 10-19-2018 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BoatRatKat (Post 1591596)
I adore those little anoles, the more the better! I enjoy watching them scamper about and I even make pets out of them letting them sit on me while I'm working in the yard. Once they sit on me they stay, they like the warmth and will spend all day on me if I let them...and I do.
How do you do that? When they see me, they flee!

Henryk 10-19-2018 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by HiHoSteveO (Post 1591651)
Great video, thanks.

perrjojo 10-19-2018 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by joldnol (Post 1591681)
lol, as kids we would make earrings out of them. they will bite down on your lobe and hang there. they don't hurt.
when I lived in Texas as a young child you could by them at the State Fair. They would put them on your ears for earrings and that seemed so cool.

New Englander 10-19-2018 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1591619)
I agree, mine are like pets they watch me as I amwatching them.
Oh yes. They are my little friends. I even give them names.

Northerner52 10-19-2018 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Henryk (Post 1591715)
Great video, thanks.
I agree

Bay Kid 10-20-2018 06:34 AM
I love them!

karostay 10-20-2018 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 1591476)
Not geckos, they're anoles. And they help keep the insect populations down.
So that's what happened to the Love Bugs

OCsun 10-20-2018 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Marathon Man (Post 1591567)
But it is much more fun to say "gecko"
I agree! They are and will always be a cute Gecko to me!

ronsroni 10-31-2018 07:09 AM
would you prefer loads of palmetto bugs??? Anoles are experts at ridding your yard of them... and you rarely see them in your yard as they blend in with dirt and go under it.
Anoles are great. Watch them closely and perhaps you will appreciate them a bit more. Chemical free bug deterrent.

BK001 10-31-2018 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by BK001 (Post 1591595)
Call me crazy, but try as I may, I can not seem to get over my aversion to snakes, ants, cockroaches, mice, rats and whatever the hell y'all want to call those "cute" lizards. Since moving to Florida my greatest fear, however, continues to be alligators. Still find my eyes frantically darting, looking for signs of life whenever I am in my pool especially since, with my hip problems, I know I wouldn't be able to get out fast enough to outrun it. LOL (I think)
Ok, I get it -- those little lizards serve a good purpose. Still don't like 'em but I am trying since I like the fact that they are controlling the other bugs.

But EARRINGS???? The thought of those critters so close to my face is given me nightmares. Today is Halloween, so I guess a nightmare or two is appropriate.

collie1228 10-31-2018 08:31 AM
We had a large crop of anoles this year, including one that sleeps nightly on the back of a mesh yard chair. Three days ago we had a four foot black racer snake in our courtyard, and I chased him out with a broom. Our anoles are now down to just a few. And my favorite no longer sleeps on the chair. I'm afraid he sleeps permanently now.


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