Philippe Brax et al- Chameleons with Field Dependent Couplings
Chameleons
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Chameleonsby: Ciara Keough
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• Tongue missiles and fighting.• Iguanas .vs. Chameleons.• Color changing chameleon.• Where is a chameleon’s habitat?• How the tongue works.• The chameleons diet.• Glossary.• The sites and books I used.
Table of Contents
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(left) a chameleon getting ready to fire it’s “tongue missile.”(right) two Jackson chameleons fighting and testing each others strength.
Tongue Missiles and Fighting
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Iguanas and chameleons are similar in that they both are reptiles, but Iguanas have the same eyes as humans, while chameleons can move their eyes in a 360 degree motion. Both eyes can rotate and focus separately so they can see two different targets at once.
• When a chameleon sees it’s prey both eyes focus on a bug and make it clearer.
Iguanas vs. Chameleons
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• Color change happens because of mood swings, the light, or the temperature.
• Chameleons can be wearing brown, green, blue, yellow, red, and black at one time.
• Under the transparent outer skin are two cell layers that contain red and yellow color pigments.
Even deeper down is a layer of brown skin.
Color Changing Chameleon
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Where is a Chameleon’s Habitat?
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• First, the chameleon gets it’s tongue ready to fire at a bug.
• Then, the chameleon zaps it’s tongue at the bug and catches the bug in half a fraction of a second.
• Finally, the chameleon gets to finish the bug in peace.
• Did you know that the chameleon can extend it’s tongue one and a half times longer than it’s body length?
How the Tongue Works
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• The chameleons diet is mostly eating insectivores, meaning they eat insects.
• Chameleons dwell in the tree tops to escape predators from the ground below, to absorb sunshine, and to catch lots of insects.
• Larger chameleons have a diet of small mammals, such as small birds.
• They only go to the ground to lay eggs
The Chameleon’s Diet
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• Color- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.
• Tongue- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity .
• Eyes-the organ of sight.• Habitat- the type of environment.• Diet- the usual food and drink.
Glossary
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• www.pbs.org/edns/madascar/creature3.htm• www.reptileknowlege.com/• www.wikipedia.com/chameleons• Chameleons: The Reptile Discovery Library,
by Louise Martin
The Sites and Books I Used