Papaya! Awesome, dude !!

Hawaiian Gold Dust Gecko - perhaps the cutest non-furry, non-feathery animal around? They are incredibly smart, for a reptile brain of that size anyway, and very friendly. They love papaya and banana, and we figure that, since they eat all sorts of fruit in the wild, there is little harm in giving them some treats. Usually one or two show up first - the most adventurous I guess - and then all their friends start showing up. An interesting observation is that they come in a wide range of sizes, from less than 2 cm long (yes, really tiny) to perhaps 12 cm or so. I guess that in the tropical climate they are born year round, and they grow more or less slowly, so you get the full spectrum of sizes. I wonder how small they are when they are born? I caught this fellow after a heavy downpour, I love how the droplet on its head magnifies the scales.

Zuiko Digital 50-200mm at 200mm, Olympus E-5, ISO 200, 1/60 sec at f/9, on-camera flash, about 50% of original frame.

Comments welcome - and better large!!