Voorbeelden van chameleon

• Are they political chameleons or political turncoats?

• I have a chameleon's capacity for adaptation.

• They are slightly more aggressive creatures, and resemble chameleons in the way they have bulging eyes that can look independently.

• Iguanians are largely arboreal and have primitively fleshy, nonprehensile tongues, although the condition is highly modified in chameleons.

• Bird species include eagles, owls and buzzards and reptiles include rattlesnakes and chameleons.

• Immediately before the chameleon's characteristic tongue is extended, accommodation in both eyes is coupled: both eyes focus independently on the prey.

• Consequently, one should not bring chameleons into a garden which is frequented by cats.

• Long-term studies include lemur behavior and ecology, plant growth, flowering and fruiting, and climate, as well as surveys of chameleons, lemurs, birds, insects and carnivores.

• In chameleons, the tongue contracts against a tapered hyoid bone, eventually slipping off and projecting forward at very high speed.

• Color change signals a chameleon's physiological condition and intentions to other chameleons.

• In predator avoidance, chameleons utilize minimal head movement and a unique method to monitor potential threats.

• Wild animals include small and medium-sized mammals such as squirrels, rabbits and foxes as well as reptiles such as chameleons, rattlesnakes and various small lizards.

• Like chameleons, cephalopods use physiological colour change for social interaction.

• They hatch into juvenile chameleons which may take six months to a year to become mature.

• The diet consists mainly of various insects, fruits, berries, seeds, snails and chameleons.