The Astonishing Gecko That Looks Just Like a Tree

Some critters are great at tearing the world up. The leaf-tailed gecko prefers to just blend in.
Leaftailed Gecko
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Some critters are great at tearing the world up. Lions, elephants, what have you. Others prefer to blend in, and no creature does so more spectacularly than the leaf-tailed gecko. It looks so much like its namesake that it shouldn't be possible. But how? Check out this week's episode of Absurd Creatures to learn more.

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