Nipa huts are excellent havens for geckos, centipedes, scorpions, and other crawlies. A centipede once lodged in my pants which I hang on the wall. When I put on my pants, the centipede started to "jog" on my thigh! I just had to squash it to pulp by squeezing my pants!
My Canadian friend when we were in a Palawan resort got a fright when a scorpion dropped to his sink from the thatched roof. Those are the little critters that the tuko failed to capture.

 

We have two Tukows one in the kitchen and the other in the living room,
I think they are funny chasing after flies, trouble is they sh*t every where.

 

We have a deaf mute Tukaw living under our stairs, never hear the familiar call, but when going up the stairs sometimes we see him dart into his hiding place, one of the biggest I have seen.

 

to get them off your house, chase them with a water gun. or just catch them and put them outside. works for me. but they're still noisy. :D

 

btw, they actually move farther away when you go near and try to grab them. haven't experienced being jumped on yet. that makes them afraid of us, not the other way around. how would you feel if godzilla came to town?

 

I would get his autograph.

 

Hey iam back in cold,miserable uk, missing Dumaguete already and not even
unpacked.

Its good thou to be on my own pc and not thous crummy internet cafes slow speeds, got 10 megs now on my pc.

sorry iam off track from the tukows, even missing those. :D

 

I think I would love the sound of tuko.....better than the voices that I hear all the time LOL!

 

Can anybody record the sound of the tukaw and make it into a ringtone? I would love to have it on my cellphone!