Coyote Peterson is in” Kwazula-Natal, South Africa in Sand Forests”. He is trying to find a chameleon. Coyote Peterson said” tall grass stalks is very important when it comes to finding chameleon’s”. You will find very fine sand next to the tall grass stalks.
Females will lay their eggs into the very very soft sand and as they begin to hatch, they come out and they are thinking of how can I get higher up? At night they will climb up to the very top of the grass stalks. They will hang there and assume that nothing can get them. Sometimes they are right but when it comes to finding them and getting them in front of camera’s it’s going to be kind of easy because when you show a light at them they glow like little glowing grapes on the very ends of the tall grass stalks.
They found a very teeny tiny chameleon! It is super cute! Coyote Peterson snipped a part of the grass stalk of which the baby chameleon was on so he does not disturb it. When they first saw the baby chameleon it was sound asleep on the grass stalk. :) But after awhile it opened its eyes.
Chameleons use their tails to balance themselves on tree branches and tall grass stalks and more things. Their feet look like oven mitts and those oven mitt like feet help them grip and hold the body in place. It’s rather simple to find chameleons. Well if you know where to look. ;)
From a predator view it looks like the lizard is apart of the environment.
Coyote Peterson let go of the baby chameleon and kept looking for a bigger chameleon.
They found a “ Flap Neck chameleon” female!
The feet of chameleons are called “ Zygodactylus”. Which basically means two toes in the front and two toes in the back. Coyote Peterson said” chameleons are capable of using their feet and their tail to help them move pretty much effortlessly through the tree tops”. The cool thing about chameleons are that they can move their eyes to 180 degrees from any direction which gives the reptile the ability to see 360 degrees within its environment. Wow!
The tongue can be two times the length of the body. That is really long!
They have very sharp claws and teeth.
Chameleons can’t just change to any color you place it on. If I put it on my shirt it will not change to whatever color I have on my shirt. They change their color, based on their moods and they can change color also if something like a predator was to come. Which is actually pretty cool!
They are also a very fragile species. So you always want to be very careful when you are handling with any type of chameleons.