technically chameleons refer to lizards and humans, who take on the appearance of their surroundings. today, i am adding swizzle sticks. they live up to the definition and are wonderful tools in painting with glass.

Yesterday was a touch of blue, today a hint of orange.

As you can see, this little poppy thought he could hide from old Magoo by blending in with the background......but it didn't work did it..........oh no, Maggoo has a keen rubbish eye :^)))

Bright Orange Poppy

Slowly showing more and more coloration, this Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) will have much more red streaking his body in about a year's time. You can already see this coloration coming in around his eyes and mouth, with light flourishes painting his legs and abdomen. He's got loads of crickets to eat before then, though--he eats over a dozen a day!

And chameleons really are quite evolved! Seemingly every facet of their being is highly specialized for survival, from their gripping, pincer like feet, to their prehensile tails, to their separately-swiveling eyes, to their color-shifting skin, to their darting tongues. Most chameleons share these incredible traits, be they tiny Leaf Chameleons (like the smallest of all, Brookesia micra, which grows to only an inch in length) or the Parson's Chameleon, which grows to over 25 inches in length, or the size of a house cat!

This panther chameleon, named Queso, lives in captivity.

Panther chameleons are diurnal, which means that they are most active during the day. They spend their days foraging in the trees, searching for insects. They are arboreal, which means that they live in the trees, rather than on the ground. Males are particularly territorial, and will patrol and protect their territories from other males. The largest males have the most productive territories, with a wide variety of food sources.

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This cute looking guy was in the highlands of Tanzania.

our little buddy from right

This is Chameleon 2 from the colouring book:

Intricate Ink ANIMALS IN DETAIL by Tim Jeffs.

(Number 7 of 50.)

This one coloured with Koh-I-Noor Aquarell woodless coloured sticks which blend with water.

Before starting I did wonder whether it was wearing a rugby shirt and a Scottish kilt!

3_100 x Flowers

"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning."

Ivy Baker Priest

Chameleon

Tommy, from Tommy's Living Desert Tours found this beautiful chameleon in the west coast of Namibia, near Swakopmund. The desert was full of life if you were as skilled as Tommy in finding it.

Red, green, blue and yellow

This chameleon is a colorful fellow

A blend of colors, his own unique hue

Rainbow was made especially for you!

Now you know how Rainbow gets his colors! :-)

For Macro Monday's theme "powder". The total frame is about 50 mm, or 2 inches. I placed a measurement photo in the first comment box.

Rainbow is a Beanie Baby born on October 14, 1997. I placed a photo of the tag showing the poem in the second comment box.

Happy Monday everyone! Happy Memorial Day to my American Flickr friends!

using its ballistic tongue to capture food items upto 2,5x it's own body length .

Perfectly camouflaked

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Ist das nicht ein hübscher bunter Kerl. Gesehen im Aquarium Berlin.

Brisbane street art (appears to be aboriginal dot art)

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!

Mediterranean chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) in Cabo de Gata–Nijar Natural Park, Andalusia, Southern Spain.

Toronto Zoo - Toronto, Canada - July 2020

let me introduce you to an old pet of mine. unfortunately I had to give him up due to getting difficult to find him food as the local petshop never seemed to have any. I called him George after boy George who sang karma chameleon from culture club. don't get me wrong I was never a fan as I've always been a true rocker at heart.I brought him up from a baby and by no means an easy task keeping them. but he turned out great in the end. usually if i introduced a camera to him he'd turn darker in colour

Cologne, Germany, 2014.

Another one from the archives that I finished editing just today.

There's more on www.chm-photography.com.

Enjoy!

At Noah's Ark Zoo Farm

This picture was taken at the north coat of Taiwan. The rock on the right looks like a chameleon lying on the rock, opening his mouth and roaring.

Aquarium of Genoa - Tropical garden

Acquario di Genova - Giardino tropicale

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