Jewelled+Gecko


 * //__ This is a jewelled gecko! __//**[[image:Naultinus%20gemmeus%20male%20Jewelled%20gecko%204.jpg width="373" height="220" align="left"]]


 * //__ jewelled geckos are very rare! __//**

Hi Guys - here is a poem I created for homework

Darting,speeding,zooming,sliding. My arms and legs twitch as my tail flicks. Stop! I hear a sound and my whole body clenches. I blend in behind the bush, barely breathing. All clear. My slender neck zips - left,now right. I open my mouth - bright blue! My tongue. So fast it blurs. Jewelled Gecko.

Rebecca

**Jewelled Gecko Report** By Richard Ratcliff Room 1 Grants Braes School

On Thursday 10th June the GB News Crew in Room 1 were lucky enough to Interview Dave Agnew at the Department Of Conservation Otago office. He is the Biodiversity Assets Program Manager; this is a big title that means he is in-charge of looking after native wildlife and plants on the Otago peninsula. All the classes of Grants Braes School wrote questions for Rebecca, Olivia and myself (Richard) to ask him. Our school is currently studying the Otago Peninsula. He told us heaps of things about the Otago peninsula and the Jewelled Gecko.

Rebecca & Olivia took turns asking questions to Mr. Agnew. Questions like “what do Jewelled Gecko’s eat?” “What bushes do Jewelled Geckos hide in?” “What other animals hunt & kill Jewelled Geckos?” etc.

He showed us some predators including a large stuffed wild cat in his office. It doesn’t look anything like my cat (although they do have something in common… they are both dead). Other predators include hedgehogs, seagulls, possums and humans (no we don’t eat them!)

Humans destroy their habitat for farming and building sites, recently a man was caught and arrested in customs trying to smuggle about 13 (unlucky for some) geckos in his suitcase in white plastic drain pipes. He was charged and the geckos were returned back to where they came from, luckily a Man was doing a study on them and knew each gecko by their markings so they could be returned.

It was great to interview Mr. Agnew; we got tonnes of information off him.

By Richard Ratcliff Grants Braes School, Room 1