- Fact 2 - A prehensile tail is
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
- Fact 3 - The most common types of
Chameleons are in the following list:
- Common Chameleon
- Veiled Chameleon
- Four Horned Chameleon
- Jackson's Chameleon
- Madagascan Chameleon
- Fact 4 - The word 'chameleon' is a
combination of two Greek words, 'Chamai', meaning 'on the
ground' and Leon meaning 'lion'
- Fact 5 - The upper and lower
eyelids of the chameleon are joined, with only a pinhole large
enough for the pupil to see through. Chameleons can rotate and
focus each of their eyes in different directions and then
observe two different objects simultaneously
- Fact 6 - Changes in light,
temperature or emotion can prompt Chameleons to change color
- Fact 7 - Chameleons do not have any
ears
- Fact 8 - Chameleons stats and
facts
- Weight: 100 - 200 grams
- Length: 37 cm
- Habitat:
Dry deserts; tropical, rainy woodlands of evergreens; forests
- Lifespan: 8 - 15 years
- Diet: Chameleons eat mainly insects
- Fact 9 - There are over 160 species
of chameleons
- Fact 10 - The male Chameleon is
typically much more ornamented than the female chameleon
- Fact 11 - Chameleons are often kept
as household pets
- Fact 12 - Chameleons feet resemble
tongs with five toes are fused into a group of two and a group
of three
- Fact 13 - Chameleons have very long
tongues which can be longer than their own body length
- Fact 14 - The tongue moves faster
than human eyes can follow hitting their prey in about 30
thousandths of a second
- Fact 15 - Different chameleons are
able to change different colors, for purposes of camouflage and
social signalling
- Fact 16 - Color changes can
include pink, blue, red, orange, green, black, brown, light
blue, yellow, turquoise and purple
- Fact 17 - The Chameleon's tongue's
tip is a bulbous ball of muscle, and as it hits its prey, it
rapidly forms a small suction cup
- Fact 18 - Chameleons have very
strong jaws which crush their prey
- Fact 19 - A chameleon change in
color can occur in 20 seconds
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