Another year, Another lizard: One marks the passage of time by the return of the Tokay?

[GammaGlobulin]

Dear Folks,

 

Here in CM, the Tokay lizard has returned.

 

Just a moment ago, I heard, for the first time this year, the wonderful vocalizations of the grand Tokay.

 

What does it actually sound like on a good night???

 

 

I love the sound.

 

When I first arrived in Thailand, I thought this lizard kept repeating....FU, FU, FU....but it doesn't...

In fact, nobody knows what it is saying.

 

Weeks ago, we had the arrival of that bird that sounds like a backing-up Toyota minivan.

 

And now, we have this.

 

These wonderful sounds of Thailand mark time, and remind us that...

One more year has passed, and that we...

 

Are one more year closer to being burned in the local temple...if...

We are fortunate, and LUCKY.....

 

I don't know about you....but.....I might not have too many more ....seasons....to...

Hear...

Once again.....

 

This sound of the Tokay lizard, in the month of March......

 

So lizards, my friends, can be seen as both a blessing and a curse....

 

Their arrival is a blessing, marking a new year.

 

Their curse is their sound....always....and forever....

 

FU

FU

FU

FU.....

 

This is Thailand, and the lizard is a comfort to me.

I love the sound of them.

 

Fantastic beasts, really, even if they are too tiny...for me...and

I wish they were a bit bigger.

 

Regards,

Gamma

 

 

[Albaby]

I've got a nice little fella that lives behind one of my monitors, comes out every day to say hello. No idea what he lives on. Oh, btw I've never heard any sound from him.

[Rimmer]

I Have an entire family of them living Between an electric  switch box and the wall in the pump room.

Looks like Mom and four or five babies, all curled up in a jumble.

We also have one living behind the fridge on the sun deck, he often a speaks a very clear TOKAY and even replies to me when I mimic his call.

 

They are not frighted of us and just watch us as we go about our business close to their home.

[Moonlover]

9 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Here in CM, the Tokay lizard has returned.

 

Just a moment ago, I heard, for the first time this year, the wonderful vocalizations of the grand Tokay.

 

Tokays typically live for 7 to 10 years, so your Tokay has probably never left. However it's only the male that make that lovely sound and only then during the breading season, which is coming up right now.

 

They are great mousers, by the way, so they are always welcome around our house.

[Yagoda]

Mine have never left. I am part of a lizard habitat

[dinsdale]

They <deleted> poo everywhere (interesting I can post with a 3 yr old's language but not commonly accepted adult language), they're loud but they are glorious albeit a bit scary looking. A huge gecko. My 1st encounter it's fair to say I was more than a little surprised. 

[Nick Carter icp]

1 minute ago, dinsdale said:

They <deleted> poo everywhere, they're loud but they are glorious albeit a bit scary looking. A huge gecko. My 1st encounter it's fair to say I was more than a little surprised. 

 

   What do you think that the Tokay thought when he saw you ?

[dinsdale]

14 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   What do you think that the Tokay thought when he saw you ?

Quite frankly it looked like it wanted to kill me. It was huge. I've seen all sizes in my time here but I remember this one and it was well on the big side. Did the hissing thing at me. Bit like the missus every now and again. The one in the YT thumbnail is small. A youngster.

[dinsdale]

15 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Dear Folks,

 

Here in CM, the Tokay lizard has returned.

 

Just a moment ago, I heard, for the first time this year, the wonderful vocalizations of the grand Tokay.

 

What does it actually sound like on a good night???

 

 

I love the sound.

 

When I first arrived in Thailand, I thought this lizard kept repeating....FU, FU, FU....but it doesn't...

In fact, nobody knows what it is saying.

 

Weeks ago, we had the arrival of that bird that sounds like a backing-up Toyota minivan.

 

And now, we have this.

 

These wonderful sounds of Thailand mark time, and remind us that...

One more year has passed, and that we...

 

Are one more year closer to being burned in the local temple...if...

We are fortunate, and LUCKY.....

 

I don't know about you....but.....I might not have too many more ....seasons....to...

Hear...

Once again.....

 

This sound of the Tokay lizard, in the month of March......

 

So lizards, my friends, can be seen as both a blessing and a curse....

 

Their arrival is a blessing, marking a new year.

 

Their curse is their sound....always....and forever....

 

FU

FU

FU

FU.....

 

This is Thailand, and the lizard is a comfort to me.

I love the sound of them.

 

Fantastic beasts, really, even if they are too tiny...for me...and

I wish they were a bit bigger.

 

Regards,

Gamma

 

 

They are around all year and they're not tiny. Indeed the second largest gecko species. Sorry to put a dampener on your cringey prose.

[NE1]

They are a pain on the arris , we had one outside our bedroom window , and it was keeping us awake through the night , noisy sods.

We drive them off when we see them.

[GammaGlobulin]

2 hours ago, dinsdale said:

They are around all year and they're not tiny. Indeed the second largest gecko species. Sorry to put a dampener on your cringey prose.

 

I think CRINGE is one of the most versatile of  words among those recently added to the modern English lexicon.

 

Still, due to its versatility, CRINGE has probably become far less meaningful in any given usage.

 

 

 

[dinsdale]

17 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

I think CRINGE is one of the most versatile of  words among those recently added to the modern English lexicon.

 

Still, due to its versatility, CRINGE has probably become far less meaningful in any given usage.

 

 

 

Nope. Cringe is cringe. Used only as an adjective.

[Stiddle Mump]

3 hours ago, dinsdale said:

They are around all year and they're not tiny. Indeed the second largest gecko species. Sorry to put a dampener on your cringey prose.

Can make nice pets.

 

 

 

Good at giving winning lottery numbers.