Fun facts about Ground Skinks:
- not nocturnal
- avoids trees
- like gardens
- squirms like a snake to try to escape predators
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On Saturday, I went to a farm with my family, the first thing I saw was a monstrous golden silk spider (banana spider). Then we stopped at the parking lot to look at the baby goats. While our Mom and Dad were shopping in the little shop, Mae and I stayed out to look for cats. We saw one, but it ran away from us. A few minutes later, Mae asked me what a small thing, on a flower pot close by, was. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was a small ground skink. I crept up behind it then grabbed it. I then ran over to Mae with a smile on my face, but he was not done squirming. He squeezed his way out of my hands. When I grabbed him the second time, his tail broke off, but I had a firm grip on him, so I could get a picture. Fun facts about Ground Skinks:
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Before Easter break, I walked to my Grandma and Pa’s house for a treat or dinner. After we ate, my sister and I went into my room at Grandma’s house to play or do something fun. “Mae, Grant,” our mom calls “it’s time to go.” “Awwwww,” Mae and I both groan. “But we were having fun,” Mae complained. After we walked out the door, I saw a huge Mediterranean gecko! It was six inches long and low on the wall where I could catch it easily. So, like I almost always do, I charge the gecko. This time I grab it by the tail on accident; luckily, the tail did not break off, like most geckos tails do. J Facts: Most geckos are nocturnal (only come out at night) They eat small insects and moths They can be up to 15 centimeters from nose to rear (5.9 inches) Last night when I was eating my ice cream, Dad yelled at me from our garage door “dude get out here.” I thought he was yelling at me because I was in trouble and I had not put my bike away or something. But no, there was a one and a half foot Glass Lizard on my front side walk. I observed it for a while, it looked dead. Even when I poked it, it stayed stiff, so I believed it was dead (but I think they play dead.) I picked it up and it stuck its tongue out at Mom. And she exclaimed, “it is not dead!” It did not drop its tail, they usually break their tails into several pieces, which is why they are called glass lizards. I held it for a few minutes and then put it down and it slithered away. J J J J J
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