WOW! Someone was on some serious peyote when they designed these creatures (whether it be direct creation, manipulation of preexisting genes, or perhaps a bit of natural evolution mixed in, who knows for sure?).
I found this one to be particularly amusing since the crab looks like hes saying "MY STRAWBERRY, GTFO"
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Also, when I was a kid, I actually had a total of 3 chameleons(1 veiled, 1 common, 1 panther) as well as some other "herps" (Herpetology = reptiles + amphibians). But chameleons truly are as cool as they look, although they are pretty hard to take care of due to vulnerability to disease as I lost all but the veiled chameleon to disease quickly. The veiled chameleon which I stereotypicaly named "Rex" lived for quite a long lifespan for a chameleon. He was my favorite pet out of all the lizards I had, and actually showed some decent intelligence compared to the others.
Still have a photo of me and him when I was around 13 years old, in fact:
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What makes them so cool IMHO is they way the eat, which starts with them locking both their eyes onto their target (normally they wander all over the place), sway back and forth to increase depth perception, then flick their tongue out .5-2.5 their body length(!!) and catch/stick the insect/small rodent to their tongue. Very interesting if you haven't seen it before, I found a short 30sec video of a Veiled eating a locust if anyone is interested: (caution, not for super squeamish people): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs7OoDo66oU
I found this one to be particularly amusing since the crab looks like hes saying "MY STRAWBERRY, GTFO"
Also, when I was a kid, I actually had a total of 3 chameleons(1 veiled, 1 common, 1 panther) as well as some other "herps" (Herpetology = reptiles + amphibians). But chameleons truly are as cool as they look, although they are pretty hard to take care of due to vulnerability to disease as I lost all but the veiled chameleon to disease quickly. The veiled chameleon which I stereotypicaly named "Rex" lived for quite a long lifespan for a chameleon. He was my favorite pet out of all the lizards I had, and actually showed some decent intelligence compared to the others.
Still have a photo of me and him when I was around 13 years old, in fact:
What makes them so cool IMHO is they way the eat, which starts with them locking both their eyes onto their target (normally they wander all over the place), sway back and forth to increase depth perception, then flick their tongue out .5-2.5 their body length(!!) and catch/stick the insect/small rodent to their tongue. Very interesting if you haven't seen it before, I found a short 30sec video of a Veiled eating a locust if anyone is interested: (caution, not for super squeamish people): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs7OoDo66oU
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