Many people find geckos scary and avoid them. They are common in most of Thailand but the large ones, or tokay, are thought to bring ill fortune. At a village in Nakhon Phanom province people don't avoid them, they kill and sell them to other countries in Asia where it's believed the dried bodies have aphrodisiac properties. - Jetjaras Na Ranong

Creepy but lucrative

Many people find geckos scary and avoid them. They are common in most of Thailand but the large ones, or tokay, are thought to bring ill fortune. At a village in Nakhon Phanom province people don't avoid them, they kill and sell them to other countries in Asia where it's believed the dried bodies have aphrodisiac properties. - Jetjaras Na Ranong

Published: 7 Apr 2015