ENGLISH CHAMELEONS
A pair of Jackson's Horned Chameleons from Madagascar made history at the London Zoo by presenting the society with twenty infants, the first seen in England. Most chameleons lay eggs, but Jackson's bring their family into the world ready made, puppy fashion. This family has been transferred to Dr. Burgess Barhet's private study, for special 'nursing. It will be reared" on a diet of banaua flies, which the babies "shoot" by means of their stickytipped tongues, almost as long as themselves. Jackson's chameleon is unique in that the male bears three immense horns on its head, suggesting a pocket edition o.f tho giant dinosaurs. He "proposes" by indulging in weird posturingg, a very necessary procedure, for since chameleons' eyes move independently it must be impossible for them to know when'a suitor is giving the "glad eye," or merely suffering from a circular squint!
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 24, 30 January 1933, Page 3
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145ENGLISH CHAMELEONS Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 24, 30 January 1933, Page 3
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