Seen this on FaceBook, there's no way right? Wow.
Is this for real?
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That photo is SO photoshopped! LOL
Look @ the arm that's cradling the gecko....
It must be amateur hour in computer class!
-Kris
Look @ the arm that's cradling the gecko....
It must be amateur hour in computer class!
-Kris
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No...if it was real the Tokay would be latched onto the guy's face...and a fraction of that size (something like 30 cm / 12 inches total length). So yeah, that would be photo-shopped. No known geckos (extant or extinct) get that large.
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I didn't think that was possible geckos aren't my thing, but if Tokays really go that big I'd have them roaming my yard like a pack of wolves. I bet a Tokay that size would kick a Komodos ass with pure evil intent alone. How popular would they be in the pet trade? LOL. There would be several Tokay related maulings a year.
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just think of all the loose, roaming or feral domestic cats they could eat!
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I saw that on FB and yes, it's a really dodgy Photoshop job. Shadows under the gecko's head and tail go in a different direction from the shadow under the guy's hand, the guy's left hand, cradling the gecko, just 'disappears' and the gecko itself is on several different planes (the curve of its tail is forward of the guy's left leg, while the tip of its tail is flush with both the guy's right thigh and his stomach - even the world's top yoga master can't fold their body that flat).
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HA HA HA HA. I want one
I think it is a photo-chop job...????
Dave
I think it is a photo-chop job...????
Dave
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My wife once photoshopped a picture of my monitor on top of Palo Duro Canyon, like osmething out of a 1950s sci fi flick. It looked more real than this :p
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This may be real. I've heard several reports of Tokay, or a closely related species, getting this large. I even read a paper about over-sized specimens being seen on small islands within the range.
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Mike VanValen wrote:This may be real. I've heard several reports of Tokay, or a closely related species, getting this large. I even read a paper about over-sized specimens being seen on small islands within the range.
Did you hear about the Bigfoot that was seen riding a unicorn? Mike, just not funny enough for this thread sorry.
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A tokay that big would be a frightening thing to hold (and behold).
CHOMP!
CHOMP!
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I'm really not sure... I have heard several reports of monster tokays recently - even got to photograph one of them in Thailand a few years ago...
I know that it is a child in the picture, so it makes the gecko look even bigger, but still - it was one of the biggest tokays I've ever seen.
(Before anyone says it, yes I did have a spare 30 minutes this evening with not much to do!)
Robbie
I know that it is a child in the picture, so it makes the gecko look even bigger, but still - it was one of the biggest tokays I've ever seen.
(Before anyone says it, yes I did have a spare 30 minutes this evening with not much to do!)
Robbie
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I'd push it up a little - I've seen them close to 40cm total length. Still not nearly as big as the one in the picture.ritt wrote:No...if it was real the Tokay would be latched onto the guy's face...and a fraction of that size (something like 30 cm / 12 inches total length). So yeah, that would be photo-shopped.
ritt wrote:No known geckos (extant or extinct) get that large.
What Mike might be referring to is the Kawekaweau of New Zealand, or Delcourt's Giant Gecko. It was over two feet long in total length, with a snout-vent length of 15 inches. It probably went extinct a hundred years ago though.Mike VanValen wrote:This may be real. I've heard several reports of Tokay, or a closely related species, getting this large. I even read a paper about over-sized specimens being seen on small islands within the range.
New Caledonian Giant Geckos have pretty massive bodies (quite a bit bigger than Tokays from what I understand), but short stubby tails.
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Oh my God, as soon as Animal Planet gets a whiff of this, I can see a whole new glut of crappy shows about the impending doom from maneating geckos. Not to mention Geico stock plumetting as the poor citizenry gets wind of the disaster that's coming to the world.
Kill the Geckos!!! Do it now!!! Save the world!!!
Kill the Geckos!!! Do it now!!! Save the world!!!
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Check out this video. At the end the gecko goes crazy and attacks the camera man. They managed to wrestle it back into its restraints, but the camera man did not survive.
http://www.herpnation.com/herp-nation-l ... nley-park/
Dan
http://www.herpnation.com/herp-nation-l ... nley-park/
Dan
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And who can forget the killer that attacked the Dallas News guy?
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Daryl was younger in that clip!
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I never thought I would heard "What the F*&" out of a newsanchor. This brought me to tears.BillMcGighan wrote:And who can forget the killer that attacked the Dallas News guy?
Cameron
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Here is a longer clip:
Josh
Josh
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They got most of the shadowing correct, but then forgot the shadows on the cradling hand. The flash would have darkened almost all of it.
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I wish it was!
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Lol, nah. I was just having a little fun, but Justin ruined it!jonathan wrote:
What Mike might be referring to is the Kawekaweau of New Zealand, or Delcourt's Giant Gecko. It was over two feet long in total length, with a snout-vent length of 15 inches. It probably went extinct a hundred years ago though.
New Caledonian Giant Geckos have pretty massive bodies (quite a bit bigger than Tokays from what I understand), but short stubby tails.