Beverly Erlebacher wrote:
> > From: "Barbie Heid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:56:09 -0400
> >
> > A young man woke up from sleeping one morning and had received some kind of
> > bite during the night, and his leg was very swollen.
> >
> > Sounds like a spider bite. I have enough problems with my landlord keeping
> > herps, don't let her hear geckos are venomous! :)
>
> A couple of years ago a list member in Arizona or New Mexico posted that
> he was moving house, and found a lot of H.turcicus eggshells in his garage,
> and no black widow spiders, vs. lots of black widows and no gecko eggshells
> when he had moved in. Whether the geckos were eating the spiders or just
> outcompeting them for bugs, it looks like they are a win to have around
> if you live in an area with dangerous spiders.
>
> Btw, in many countries around the Mediterranean, people believe that
> geckos are venomous. The genus Tarentola got its name from the word
> for tarantula in the language of one of these countries. People have
> a lot of incorrect and even bizarre ideas, even about things they see
> every day.
>
Indeed, the Madagascans think Uroplatus are evil. They are if you are a
cockroach! ;-) Ignorance is a dangerous thing. For people who want to kill them
inside their homes (yes they have the %$! to write me and ask me how to do this)
I ask them if they would rather have the bugs that are providing the geckos food!
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
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