Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Watch out for that tail! Scorpion-tailed geckos get their name from their spiky tails, which they curl over their backs in perfect imitation of a scorpion when threatened. However, their tails have another purpose too. When one gecko encounters another, they wave their tails to communicate. This has earned them, and the rest of their genus, the additional title of semaphore geckos
(Image: A scorpion-tailed gecko (Pristurus carteri) by Roberto Sindaco)














