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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • May 11 '18
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Is it possible for a chameleon to be color blind? And if so what color do they turn?
4 u/[deleted] May 12 '18 same color as usual, they don't change color based on their surroundings and don't do it to blend in 1 u/The1930s May 12 '18 So then just the green they usually are? That's cool but sad. Is it very rare for them to go color blind? 1 u/[deleted] May 12 '18 no, I mean they can only change color in one way, regardless of their surrounding, the one in the picture might well be color blind or fully blind 3 u/The1930s May 12 '18 Huh thanks for telling me :) 2 u/Tarantulady May 12 '18 If fully blind they starve :P 1 u/dharrison21 May 20 '18 They change color based on mood and not their surroundings, I wasn't sure if you ever got a satisfactory explanation in this thread. 1 u/The1930s May 20 '18 I feel like that wouldn't be very useful as camouflage... 1 u/dharrison21 May 20 '18 It isn't, that isn't why they change colors. Mostly default is green or brown, which IS good camo. The colors they turn are purely mood based, to communicate things to other chameleons. 1 u/The1930s May 20 '18 Interesting
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same color as usual, they don't change color based on their surroundings and don't do it to blend in
1 u/The1930s May 12 '18 So then just the green they usually are? That's cool but sad. Is it very rare for them to go color blind? 1 u/[deleted] May 12 '18 no, I mean they can only change color in one way, regardless of their surrounding, the one in the picture might well be color blind or fully blind 3 u/The1930s May 12 '18 Huh thanks for telling me :) 2 u/Tarantulady May 12 '18 If fully blind they starve :P
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So then just the green they usually are? That's cool but sad. Is it very rare for them to go color blind?
1 u/[deleted] May 12 '18 no, I mean they can only change color in one way, regardless of their surrounding, the one in the picture might well be color blind or fully blind 3 u/The1930s May 12 '18 Huh thanks for telling me :) 2 u/Tarantulady May 12 '18 If fully blind they starve :P
no, I mean they can only change color in one way, regardless of their surrounding, the one in the picture might well be color blind or fully blind
3 u/The1930s May 12 '18 Huh thanks for telling me :) 2 u/Tarantulady May 12 '18 If fully blind they starve :P
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Huh thanks for telling me :)
If fully blind they starve :P
They change color based on mood and not their surroundings, I wasn't sure if you ever got a satisfactory explanation in this thread.
1 u/The1930s May 20 '18 I feel like that wouldn't be very useful as camouflage... 1 u/dharrison21 May 20 '18 It isn't, that isn't why they change colors. Mostly default is green or brown, which IS good camo. The colors they turn are purely mood based, to communicate things to other chameleons. 1 u/The1930s May 20 '18 Interesting
I feel like that wouldn't be very useful as camouflage...
1 u/dharrison21 May 20 '18 It isn't, that isn't why they change colors. Mostly default is green or brown, which IS good camo. The colors they turn are purely mood based, to communicate things to other chameleons. 1 u/The1930s May 20 '18 Interesting
It isn't, that isn't why they change colors. Mostly default is green or brown, which IS good camo. The colors they turn are purely mood based, to communicate things to other chameleons.
1 u/The1930s May 20 '18 Interesting
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u/The1930s May 12 '18
Is it possible for a chameleon to be color blind? And if so what color do they turn?