All geckos shed their skin at fairly regular intervals, with different species differing in timing and method. When shedding begins, geckos accelerate the process by detaching the loose skin from their body and eating it.

That white gecko ate a whole brown gecko!

Aw, looks like he’s wearing a hooded onesie and ready for bed.

I remember reading that if the shedding is its entirety shows that the animal is in a great health condition ?

Contrary to the fact that if it’s in pieces it usually shows illness and stress during shedding.

Geckos are so cute!

I am disturbed

Geckos are freaking adorable

Now I want a lil gecko friend

Oh wow that’s amazing!! Bit yuck they eat the loose skin but still amazing!!

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko#Shedding_or_molting

WTF is up with that persons finger…talons? Are they a vampire? A werewolf just beginning their transformation? Did they just finish using the Palantir to commune with the Dark Lord Sauron?!

Why does the gecko eat the skin?
Are there nutrients in it that are precious to the animal in that time?
Are they getting rid of location evidence to predators?

Sekiro final boss fight

My gecko shed his skin last night so his stickiness was restored, so now he thinks he’s Spiderman and keeps climbing on the ceiling and flinging himself at walls

Worm thing from Beetlejuice?

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Is cute and creepy at the same time.

They will never notice me, I sneaky

That is so cute! Reminds me of my geck, Reina!

imagine that you saw a small child wearing a human onesie

Is there a sub for /r/ewwducational?

Imagine being that one kid that gets sunburnt real bad and just eats the dry, flakey, and big layers of human pork rinds just to ‘accelerate the healing process’….

It looks the other way around , the skin is eating the gecko

Can someone link that gecko that shed its socks then ate them?

Looks like a Pokemon

this is terrifying

As someone with dermatillomania I wish I could do this.

This photo is so overused