Template:Did you know nominations/Namib day gecko

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:28, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Namib day gecko

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• ... that the Namib day gecko can sprint at 2.5 m (8 ft) per second in bright light? Source: "Rhoptropus afer are able to sprint at up to 2.5 m s−1 in their natural habitat "
  • ALT1:... that the Namib day gecko cannot sprint so fast when it is foggy? Source: "However, the geckos in our study were unable to maintain the same sprint speed in conditions of no or low light, as sprint speed was significantly reduced."

• Reviewed: Barbara Zechmeister

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 06:38, 14 August 2019 (UTC).

•  Reviewing... DBigXrayᗙ 11:08, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: all good, ALT0 is more interesting. DBigXrayᗙ 12:34, 14 August 2019 (UTC)