Lizard Terror

I am terrified of Lizards and I think they like to terrorize me also.
I have a dozen horrifying stories like having a lizard rolling down my naked body while in a shower as well as pulling out a dried lizard, mistaking it for a piece of chocolate bear-shaped biscuit and putting it next to my lips. the only saving grace was that i didn't take a bite.

My colleagues know of my eeriness with that reptile and like to tell me their encounters.

Just now, Cathy told me that she went home to a lizard stuck on the surface of her wardrobe.
that area used to have a sticker and the lizard was stuck because there were residue of "stickness" from the sticker. the worst part of the story was that she removed the lizard with her bare hand (she is not afraid of lizards) and there was A LAYER OF SKIN FROM THE LIZARD STCUK ONTO THE STICKY AREA. followed by a nest of ants going for a feast on the lizard's skin. yuck yuck yuck.

did you know that rats are very intelligient?

scientists are only beginning to discover that rats are constantly learning and adjusting to any new threats or challeges in their way.

rats not only learn, they unwind their route in its memory and rewind it to store it in their memory. the next time, they will just zoom in to their target. (the experiment put electrods on the rats head to show brainwave activities, it displayed that the rats reverse their route to "success", have "elated moments" and unwind to the start point) they could even sense human's reaction. they could eat at ease in human's presence if that human is not a threat to them. they could hold their breath for 3 mins dive and could tread water for 3 days before they collapse from exhaustion. hence they could swim through sewage pipes and surface in your toilet bowl. they could sniff out saliva's from a person with disease at 100 samples per 10 mins while it would take the lab three days. they could detect mines from landmine which helps sweepers to ignite the bombs safely. their front teeth are constantly growing and they need to gnaw at stuff constantly. listen carefully-- they could open fridge doors. they could learn the technique to gnaw at the rubber side seals and push their way through. they send alarms to avoid poisoned food by "talking" about it in their high frequency pitches that are deaf to human. they also "talk" about the glorious good food in a whiff of their breath. they share about good food and are constanlty looking for new and better gourmet.

this is what i remeber from Discovery Science.