LEAPIN' LIZARDS; 3 CHAMELEONS ARE RETURNED TO SPECIAL-ED CLASS.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Staff Writer Three chameleons that were mascots Here is a list of several known mascots: College mascots
Holding to their promise of no questions asked, administrators at Lowman Special Education Center did not ask the woman her name or how she had come into possession of the trio of Jackson's chameleons Jackson's chameleon Chamaeleo jacksonii. , which went missing from their aquarium aquarium, name for any supervised exhibit of aquatic animals and plants. Aquariums are known to have been constructed in ancient Rome, Egypt, and Asia. Goldfish have been bred in China for several hundred years and are still the most commonly kept fish in home . The woman, accompanied by three kids in their early teens, walked into the school about 1 p.m. and said the children had found the lizards at an unspecified Adj. 1. unspecified - not stated explicitly or in detail; "threatened unspecified reprisals" specified - clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times" location. She handed over a shoe box inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. , ``Sorry - lizards,'' said teaching assistant Michele Linares. ``They said, we have your lizards,'' said Linares, adding the teens were not students at the school. ``We just said, thank you very much, and they left right away.'' Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. police had been investigating the disappearance as a theft. The chameleons, a male and two females believed pregnant, were on loan from the U.S. Department of the Interior. They are beloved by the students, whose school is nicknamed the ``Lowman Lizards.'' The students had gone home for the day before the chameleons were returned Thursday. ``The kids are going to be so excited (today) because they spend a lot of time watching them,'' said staffer Barbara Kaplan. Judging by their color - black - the chameleons were not too happy at being taken from their aquarium in the front hallway of the school. ``They turn black when they're upset or something's not right,'' said Linares, who got the chameleons some water and fresh crickets. ``The minute I put them in their cage they turned green. They looked just absolutely happy to be home.'' |
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