In bahnar( vietnam hill tribe language) we call them Pa ke. From the very call that they make. First time I went back to Vietnam, I heard it in my grandma's house at night. I was thinking what the heck , is this gecko really cussing me out lol.
I heard that Lizard in 1967 when I was in Nam. In 13 months I only heard it once, at night in the bush. I told people about it when I first came home but I think some people thought I was BSing. I'm glad to hear it again, after over 50 years I was starting to wonder if I dreamed it !!
Nah you weren’t dreaming, heard the little sob too. Knew a guy that got bit by one, the medic had to pry the damn things mouth open with a bayonet. Left a hell of a scar.
I worked perimeter security at U-Tapao air base and heard them on a number of occasions. If I remember correctly they had a wind up clicking like sound before they said the indistinct FU sound. They also had some weird fish there also. I remember one night I was working a post where there was no water around. It rained real good and there were fish in the puddles. Someone told me they stay alive in mud underground and come out when it rains, don't know if it's true. I only saw that once. They had some big ass snakes also, fortunately I never met up with any. I had a friend that worked the 3PM to 11 shift and when I came on at 11PM I saw him and he was real upset and shaking. He ran over a snake almost 30 feet long and almost rolled the jeep. They also had something GIs called klong monsters. They looked like baby alligators. I only saw one of them from a distance, and it looked about 4ft long.
One of my friends is a Vietnam vet, and when he was shipping out, he had a stopover in another country, and he asked some of the returning soldiers there if there was anything he needed to know. They told him to watch out for the "Fuck You lizard", and he was like "What?" and they told him it's a lizard that says Fuck You. He thought they were just pulling his leg. He said then a couple weeks later he was in their barracks and heard "Fuck you! Fuck you!", he followed the sound and found the guys weren't lying. He was really amused by that.
@@utapao74 It's true. There are species of fish that can go into hibernation during dry times by secreting slime to encase themselves in a cocoon to retain as much moisture as possible. Then when the water completely dries up they go into a form of suspended animation, buried in the now-dry mud, with their body functions slowing down to a fraction of their normal state. When heavy rains refill their ponds and lakes the water wakes them up, and they emerge like nothing happened.
I'm laughing so hard, it sounds like two bicker old men arguing at each other from their back yards about which method is better to cut the grass.Thank you Sir, for the video. Thanks Em for sending me here. (see? Both)
We have them in Vietnam. First time visited the Central Highlands of Vietnam was at night. I was laying in bed about to sleep then heard ...papapa F you F you. I'm thinking what in the world. Ask my aunt and she said it is called Pa Ke( named after it's call). Kind of miss hearing the sounds now though.
Kinda, but I never had a squeaky toy tell me to f-off. During the war I had one as a roommate for several weeks. I actually enjoyed that rude little bastard's company.
You can get tame tokays now that you can get captive bred ones, previously you could only get wild caught adults which had grown up with no human contact, they got a reputation for being aggressive, same with blood pythons. Now with borh species you can get really chill captive specimens
@@PKBitchGirlI shared my tent with a wild Tokay Gecko during the Vietnam War. It never showed any aggression towards me other than his rude comments. I'd catch bugs for him and he'd keep a vigilant watch over my tent. I didn't have mosquitoes or spiders like everyone else. I miss that little guy. F-off little buddy, wherever you are.
I had several of these outside my window every morning. It was cute and funny at first but these thing are loud. I started saying it back after awhile. The locals said they will bite the crap out of you.
My friends thought I was crazy because I kept saying there’s something outside saying funk you lol. I heard this all over Thailand and in Laos. Every time I ran to get my phone the little bugger would stop lol
I heard them for the first time last night in Lombok Indonesia. I literally thought it was a cartoon voice saying fuck you. Then I heard over and over and thought it was a type of bird until my friend told me it was a gecko. I’m used to the smaller pink geckos that make the kissing sound.
My grandfather told me about hearing these buggers in Vietnam. Made him and his friends jump a couple times suddenly hearing "Fuck you!" Shouted from the jungle.
The first time I heard one of these I was visiting Florida and I told my friend that someone lost their bird and that fowl had a really foul mouth!! Lol 😆! We snuck up on it and turned on a flashlight at the last 'fuck you!" and I got to see a huge white lizard with orange spots!! It scared the hell out of me. I wouldn't want to play with one of those mean suckers! They are vicious!!
I hadn't thought about these little shits until I was asked about giant bugs over there. Then I started to laugh my ass off because not only was I thinking about the invite to have sex with myself by a lizard but the visual I still have about the fight between a rice bug and a small rat. The rice bug was winning! Nam 68-69 Thanks for the video.
Yellowstone; I did not know of this drama yet after watching a short trailer of the Paramount Network release I could see that both Malcolm and Beth were probably of the 2% crowd and could float above the surface of the earth. Ahem
@@lesfoliesbergere3997 lmao, yep. Honestly love the show though and as much as I loved to hate Malcolm I still wish they kept him around longer. Largely because, Neal McDonough. Since Neal McDonough usually has a knack for playing some pretty awesome villains.
@@ulyssesdenice5071 I agree. When I see that actors face I see a bad guy, hahahaha. I can't remember his name but I've seen him act many times. I'm 66 so I get memories of people, places, and events mixed up sometimes. Not dementia just tens of thousands of memories for I've had a very active life.
Fun fact about these lizards, they may as well be saying "fuck you" because they will bite so hard you will bleed. They also don't want to let go, they're fun. 😂
@dragonlady266 I'm thankful I was never bitten by one. I saw many in my hootch area on Korat Royal Thai AFB in 1974. One man was bitten there, and other guys had to break the lizards head to release it from the man's finger. I heard from a camping friend in California many years ago of a camper being bitten by a lizard in a State campground. People had to break that lizards jaws also. Different lizards, same existential. Lesson learned: Don't fuck with lizards!
Whilst deployed to East Timor during the conflict in 2000, our Squadron was responsible for the running of Dili (Comoro) Airport. During our nightly Defensive patrols we would hear these "Fuck-You" geckos calling quite loudly in the still night air. Some of them had a very distinct "FUCK -YOU".and others had a lesser sounding "uk-you". It always bought a smile to my face when I realised that Mother Nature had learned the art of verbal abuse.
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In bahnar( vietnam hill tribe language) we call them Pa ke. From the very call that they make. First time I went back to Vietnam, I heard it in my grandma's house at night. I was thinking what the heck , is this gecko really cussing me out lol.
Heard my first one down south of Saigon! Laughed my ass off!
I heard that Lizard in 1967 when I was in Nam. In 13 months I only heard it once, at night in the bush. I told people about it when I first came home but I think some people thought I was BSing. I'm glad to hear it again, after over 50 years I was starting to wonder if I dreamed it !!
J. R. Hardy wow! it’s so funny what we discover on the internet🤣
Nah you weren’t dreaming, heard the little sob too. Knew a guy that got bit by one, the medic had to pry the damn things mouth open with a bayonet. Left a hell of a scar.
I worked perimeter security at U-Tapao air base and heard them on a number of occasions. If I remember correctly they had a wind up clicking like sound before they said the indistinct FU sound. They also had some weird fish there also. I remember one night I was working a post where there was no water around. It rained real good and there were fish in the puddles. Someone told me they stay alive in mud underground and come out when it rains, don't know if it's true. I only saw that once. They had some big ass snakes also, fortunately I never met up with any. I had a friend that worked the 3PM to 11 shift and when I came on at 11PM I saw him and he was real upset and shaking. He ran over a snake almost 30 feet long and almost rolled the jeep. They also had something GIs called klong monsters. They looked like baby alligators. I only saw one of them from a distance, and it looked about 4ft long.
One of my friends is a Vietnam vet, and when he was shipping out, he had a stopover in another country, and he asked some of the returning soldiers there if there was anything he needed to know. They told him to watch out for the "Fuck You lizard", and he was like "What?" and they told him it's a lizard that says Fuck You. He thought they were just pulling his leg. He said then a couple weeks later he was in their barracks and heard "Fuck you! Fuck you!", he followed the sound and found the guys weren't lying. He was really amused by that.
@@utapao74 It's true. There are species of fish that can go into hibernation during dry times by secreting slime to encase themselves in a cocoon to retain as much moisture as possible. Then when the water completely dries up they go into a form of suspended animation, buried in the now-dry mud, with their body functions slowing down to a fraction of their normal state. When heavy rains refill their ponds and lakes the water wakes them up, and they emerge like nothing happened.
I'm laughing so hard, it sounds like two bicker old men arguing at each other from their back yards about which method is better to cut the grass.Thank you Sir, for the video. Thanks Em for sending me here. (see? Both)
Im dead
I'm still smiling.
They might learn how to say “moron” and “putz” at each other. Grumpy Old Lizards.
Cracked me up so hard..
When I had one in my room I never needed a mosquito net sleeping.
Can you imagine walking through the Taiwanese forests and all of a sudden you hear the distant squeaky shout of ‘fuck you!’
We have them in Vietnam. First time visited the Central Highlands of Vietnam was at night. I was laying in bed about to sleep then heard ...papapa F you F you. I'm thinking what in the world. Ask my aunt and she said it is called Pa Ke( named after it's call). Kind of miss hearing the sounds now though.
I think I’m part of the .5% of people who came here because of stories from Vietnam veterans.
Me too.
Bruh my grandpa told me about these when he was in Vietnam on the Laos border
Best option of my life getting a Tuko/Tokay Gecko I don't have mosquitos now.
I'm here from a documentary about the Battle of Long Tan. The lizard was mentioned in the comment section and I had to check it out.
Cool, a real comment😊 Real people are alright in my book. Bless you.
I'm here from Snake Discovery 😋
@@christinalopez8496 me too!!!!!!
THEY SOUND LIKE SQUEAKY TOYS
Kinda, but I never had a squeaky toy tell me to f-off. During the war I had one as a roommate for several weeks. I actually enjoyed that rude little bastard's company.
Takes me back to Nam.
theyre so adorable yet it feels like im getting told off by a lizard, i love it
The tokay has a jaw that gets locked when it bites something, like a pit bull.
You can get tame tokays now that you can get captive bred ones, previously you could only get wild caught adults which had grown up with no human contact, they got a reputation for being aggressive, same with blood pythons.
Now with borh species you can get really chill captive specimens
That's a myth, pibbles just have strong jaw muscles, the don't lock
@@PKBitchGirlI shared my tent with a wild Tokay Gecko during the Vietnam War. It never showed any aggression towards me other than his rude comments.
I'd catch bugs for him and he'd keep a vigilant watch over my tent. I didn't have mosquitoes or spiders like everyone else. I miss that little guy.
F-off little buddy, wherever you are.
Reading a Vietnam book now
I had several of these outside my window every morning. It was cute and funny at first but these thing are loud. I started saying it back after awhile. The locals said they will bite the crap out of you.
They'd infamously bitey as lizards go.
it sounds like a ruber duck or chicken. :) ;)
I've had one of these as a pet and she would always make this sound. I never realized what it actually sounded like..XD (Toko, Tokay....tokkkkoooo)
Heard and saw one of these in the Philippines. Got into the house. They move crazy fast up walls.
Dang it really does sound like it’s yelling Fuck you. Found my spirit animal
My friends thought I was crazy because I kept saying there’s something outside saying funk you lol. I heard this all over Thailand and in Laos. Every time I ran to get my phone the little bugger would stop lol
I heard them for the first time last night in Lombok Indonesia. I literally thought it was a cartoon voice saying fuck you. Then I heard over and over and thought it was a type of bird until my friend told me it was a gecko. I’m used to the smaller pink geckos that make the kissing sound.
My grandfather told me about hearing these buggers in Vietnam. Made him and his friends jump a couple times suddenly hearing "Fuck you!" Shouted from the jungle.
You know you could imagine it’s saying “thank you!”
Right sounds about as much like thank as the f word.
Gotta admit they're cute little bastards. If only they weren't so hateful.
I thought it was a joke. But in the black night in Vietnam I heard it.. Wish I had one now. Could save me a lot of talkin'. RVN "Class of 69"
Wow
It's a type of gecko, and its call is "gecko!". It's like a Pokémon.
I worked with a Vietnam Veteran (Smitty) who told us about these lizards and we all laughed. Cool guy and he had lots of stories.
This is actually the original gecko (scientific name is literally Gekko gecko), because that's yet another phonetic for their vocalization.
Thanks for the video, they did freak me out a little bit first I heard one.
The first time I heard one of these I was visiting Florida and I told my friend that someone lost their bird and that fowl had a really foul mouth!! Lol 😆! We snuck up on it and turned on a flashlight at the last 'fuck you!" and I got to see a huge white lizard with orange spots!! It scared the hell out of me. I wouldn't want to play with one of those mean suckers! They are vicious!!
That's what the Gieco lizard said when I told him his rates were to high .
To kay is probably more Sunday school friendly ...😊
I hadn't thought about these little shits until I was asked about giant bugs over there. Then I started to laugh my ass off because not only was I thinking about the invite to have sex with myself by a lizard but the visual I still have about the fight between a rice bug and a small rat. The rice bug was winning! Nam 68-69 Thanks for the video.
I heard them at night in Vietnam, thought it was NVA soldiers coming first time but I never saw them
Takes me back to Korat Royal Thai Airbase.
Aye, I worked WCS on the F4 C&Ds there myself, 1974. Got pcs'd from Kadena (the rock). My pad was in the hootches.
Pretty common here in Indonesia. Known locally as tokek lizard.
Fun fact, I have one of these in my yard! I named it Beth Dutton. For obvious reasons.
Yellowstone; I did not know of this drama yet after watching a short trailer of the Paramount Network release I could see that both Malcolm and Beth were probably of the 2% crowd and could float above the surface of the earth. Ahem
@@lesfoliesbergere3997 lmao, yep. Honestly love the show though and as much as I loved to hate Malcolm I still wish they kept him around longer. Largely because, Neal McDonough. Since Neal McDonough usually has a knack for playing some pretty awesome villains.
@@ulyssesdenice5071 I agree. When I see that actors face I see a bad guy, hahahaha. I can't remember his name but I've seen him act many times. I'm 66 so I get memories of people, places, and events mixed up sometimes. Not dementia just tens of thousands of memories for I've had a very active life.
@@lesfoliesbergere3997 No, it's okay! I'm college age and even I mix up people and places sometimes too. It happens.
There's a small instrument called kazoo, that is what it sounds like to me.😊
I heard about this type of lizard today
Fun fact about these lizards, they may as well be saying "fuck you" because they will bite so hard you will bleed. They also don't want to let go, they're fun. 😂
@dragonlady266 I'm thankful I was never bitten by one. I saw many in my hootch area on Korat Royal Thai AFB in 1974. One man was bitten there, and other guys had to break the lizards head to release it from the man's finger.
I heard from a camping friend in California many years ago of a camper being bitten by a lizard in a State campground. People had to break that lizards jaws also. Different lizards, same existential. Lesson learned: Don't fuck with lizards!
To me it sounds like it's saying 'uh oh"
I see what Emily from snake discovery meant by that it sounds like the tokay lizard sounds like it says fuck you hahaha
Didn't sound like the one's we heard at Takhli RTAB
i was udorn afb and can verify they are reaL!
wow, that is fuck you levels of amazing.
The reptilian shapeshifters do this call too
To me that creature is spooky.
Oh I thought people were exaggerating about it but oh my 😂😂😂
Whilst deployed to East Timor during the conflict in 2000, our Squadron was responsible for the running of Dili (Comoro) Airport. During our nightly Defensive patrols we would hear these "Fuck-You" geckos calling quite loudly in the still night air. Some of them had a very distinct "FUCK -YOU".and others had a lesser sounding "uk-you". It always bought a smile to my face when I realised that Mother Nature had learned the art of verbal abuse.
To je jozef
Heard them in the Philipines all the time lol
literally tons of superstition about them, people saying that they should be left alone if heard, because they believe they were good luck
Haha guck you to that reminds me of a south park ep
Fuck
I just looked over a good article on tokay's/ tokek's at:biologydictionary.net/tokay-gecko/
I love it. I want this in a first person shooter game with vietnam settings and night time mode/mission ! LOL. Call of Duty, Battlefield ! :) =D
I hear "uh oh"
Hahaha
What
To all you people who drop in here and post "Snake discovery sent me here": I don't care! Furthermore that phrase is NOT a comment, it is irritating.
@@soph1ajasm1ne It is not your thread, it is mine, so you are off-base flapping about me being rude. Wisdom knows her children. You are invited to seek help elsewhere for your fractured ego. You are not welcome to drone on about what is righteous to you in this location; no one here is yearning for your judgements.