Gecko Stitches
Written by scottology on February 8, 2010 – 7:32 am -
Unlocking the gecko’s ability to walk on walls is leading researchers to find a way to replace surgical stitches with sticky tape. As this sciencentral News video explains, the challenge is to make a surgical tape that works in the wet conditions inside your body.
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Tags: gecko, medical, research, sciencentral, stitches, surgery, surgical, tape
Posted in Geckos | 25 Comments »
By reptileuniverse on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
i know right?
By fajats on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
looks like Ryan from “The Office”
By vkotis on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
its amazing the kind of technology humans can create from studying wild animals. geckos are amazing creatures!
By pthaeloblue on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
cool little guy! looks like my old roommate’s tokay!
By DCPranx on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
lol thats a nice, calm, and gentle tokay!
By Lizarus1234 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
this vid is awsome. i never knew doctors used this method
By callumreganebrown on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
first time i haven’t seen a tokay gecko bite
By scottishreptile on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
omfg its a tokay gecko which is not biting
By welshie6666 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
wanker
By vacuumlover1 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
AGREED
By vandreadboy13 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
stupid and wronng comment but funny. ( i dont support people raping babies.)
By burnedfaecmon on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
this makes me wannna rape babies
By jedihunter176 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
Oh no, a wound! Should we stitch it back together?
Nope, gimme some tape. And some Gorilla Glue.
By biglarry345 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
not all of them my friends tokay is pretty docile
By rag93 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
lol a gecko suit with little sticky hands and feet.
By HelloLuisWeen on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
5 anios viven en lo salvaje, cuidados me imagino que mas, son tan COOL
By seba7575 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
che compro un geko tengo ganas aparte dicen que viven mucho
By ryan0ninja01 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn geckoman
By ryan0ninja01 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
hey they should make gecko man he can be like spider man but cooler
By Maniaticguerrero on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
los geckos son geniales
By wolreB on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
yeah tokay geckos are mean mean mean
By gonzalojoaquinlancha on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
Great!!so much sperience!!!
By LoonyBird27 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
dinmagic-Yea, its a shame too, they’re gorgous!
By redtailboa08 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
no its usually the way the morph is
By TheProdigalson1 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
No hes not sick.