SMILEY GECKO POSES FOR THE CAMERA
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up. The smiley tokay gecko was photographed by photographer Angi Wallace in her home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The 47-year-old says: “I placed this gecko on a branch deliberately to take some photographs. “He has the cutest face, however if I wave my hand near him he opens his mouth as a form of defensive behaviour.
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