Beautiful Dreamer
Do chameleons—like the handsome Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) photographed here—dream? Some recent studies seem to suggest that they do, and REM has been seen in slumbering chams! Sleeping habits vary across species, but most will find an area near their favorite feeding/hunting spot and nestle down amidst the foliage so as to avoid being spotted by nocturnal predators. Many will even drop from their branches at the slightest provocation, tumbling to the ground in hopes that the reason for their fall is a hasty escape from what could have been a predator.
This is a captive panther chameleon and, interestingly, this is the only time I've ever seen him purse his lips, as if caught in a soft snore!
Beautiful Dreamer
Do chameleons—like the handsome Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) photographed here—dream? Some recent studies seem to suggest that they do, and REM has been seen in slumbering chams! Sleeping habits vary across species, but most will find an area near their favorite feeding/hunting spot and nestle down amidst the foliage so as to avoid being spotted by nocturnal predators. Many will even drop from their branches at the slightest provocation, tumbling to the ground in hopes that the reason for their fall is a hasty escape from what could have been a predator.
This is a captive panther chameleon and, interestingly, this is the only time I've ever seen him purse his lips, as if caught in a soft snore!