Freeze frame. (Science News).This male chameleon (Chameleo jacksonii) at the Taronga Zoo Taronga Zoo is the city zoo of Sydney officially opened on October 7th, 1916. It is located on the shores of Sydney Harbour in Mosman. Along with Dubbo's Western Plains Zoo, Taronga is managed by the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales. in Sydney, Australia, totes a 3.8 centimeter (1.5 inch) hatchling on his horns. But don't mistake this reptile (cold-blooded animal with scaly scal·y adj. 1. Covered or partially covered with scales. 2. Shedding scales or flakes; flaking. scaly skin condition characterized by scales; scalelike. skin) for a loving parent. Chameleons hatch eggs but don't care for their young. "It would not surprise me if adults sometimes eat their babies!" says reptile scientist Christopher Raxworthy at the American Museum of Natural History American Museum of Natural History, incorporated in New York City in 1869 to promote the study of natural science and related subjects. Buildings on its present site were opened in 1877. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Apparently, this poor hatchling hasn't learned not to play near daddy's mouth. In nature, chameleons bask on branches in the forests of Kenya, Africa, and wait for insects, spiders, or other lizards to pass within reach of their long, sticky tongues. Once a male finds a comfy branch, it defends its perch ferociously--those those bony horns aren't just a jungle gym for junior! |
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