The Unsinkable Lizard | A Perfect Planet | BBC Earth

water without it there would be no life on earth powered by the sun our weather moves water around the planet linking the earth skies oceans and lands into one thriving living system one of the greatest rain factories on earth is the amazon rainforest [Music] life here is not without challenges but those that call the jungle home have evolved to weather the storm even the leaves have adapted to cope [Music] some of the smallest residents are the most ingenious the tiny pygmy gecko is a master of the jungle so my newt it could sit on a fingertip he is dwarfed by life in the undergrowth [Music] danger lies around every corner [Music] even raindrops fall like boulders [Music] but this little lizard has a trick up its sleeve he is entirely waterproof [Music] gecko skin is covered in minuscule hairs known as spines this bristly barrier stops raindrops from touching his skin instead they bounce right off but when the rainy season starts he'll need to buck more than a raindrop every year an area of forest the size of the uk floods each canopy tree acts like a giant fountain sucking up and releasing some 800 liters of water into the atmosphere every day in one of the greatest water cycles on our planet and it's now that the little pygmy gecko can really use his superpowers he is so light and so waterproof he can float a nifty way to survive the daily downpour he is essentially [Music] unsinkable [Music] so

Channel: BBC Earth

Views: 1,479,987

Rating: 4.9193845 out of 5

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Id: Ry2ipjR3HII

Length: 3min 17sec (197 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 20 2021

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