NZ Elegant Gecko pollinating a Manuka flower

It may look like he’s just having a snack, but this elegant gecko is pollinating these manuka flowers as he licks the nectar🦎
It’s not just birds that help out our native plants, geckos pollinate flowers and disperse seeds!
Credit to Nicholas Harker for sharing this amazing clip with us.

[@vanwangye]

Beautiful. As a wildlife and scientific artist...with special interest on painting herps. May i use your video as a reference for a painting?

[@predatorfreenztrust]

Hi there, herpetologist Nick Harker shot this footage. To ask him about using this clip as a reference, you can find him on Instagram at nickharker.nz - hope this helps.