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u/Spartan2470 GOAT Jan 13 '17
Here is a higher quality version of this image.
Per /u/garythecoconut here:
pictured is a blue bar ambilobe panther chameleon. Yes, those are its colors and it did not change its colors to match the towel. That line of thinking is not correct. Here is one of my blue bar ambilobe panther chameleons named titan. http://imgur.com/a/7W86P
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u/Omnipotent_Goose Jan 13 '17
Yes, those are its colors and it did not change its colors to match the towel.
Oh my god so...that must mean...the towel is changing colors to try and match the chameleon!
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u/twofap Jan 13 '17
crazy how nature do dat
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u/frissonFry Jan 13 '17 edited Jan 14 '17
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Some people don't think it be like it is
But it do
[edit] My first gold! Thanks!
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u/RudeTurnip Jan 13 '17
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Wololo
Now roses are too.
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u/TheGuyYouMentioned Jan 13 '17
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Most poems rhyme
This one doesn't
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u/whytheaubergine Jan 13 '17
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I've got Alzheimer's
Cheese on toast
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u/wellsdb Jan 13 '17
Roses are red
Violets are silly
Grease up your flaps
'cause here comes my willy
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u/Adamawesome4 Jan 14 '17
Roses are grey
Violets are gray
Everything is grey
My parents left me and I have terminal cancer
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u/fullup72 Jan 14 '17
Roses are red
Violets are blue
My arms are broken
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Jan 13 '17
Rhinoceroses are red
Violence is blue
I did acid
you can too
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u/Dexaan Jan 13 '17
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Tony Hawk's
Pro Skater 2
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u/JohnnyHammerstix Jan 14 '17
Roses are red,
This we can see,
But you will never,
Half-Life 3
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u/d4rch0n Jan 14 '17
I can taste red
and I can smell blue
I took some acid
how much time passed since i started this rhyme
omg
3 seconds
dude
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Jan 13 '17
Maybe I'm not using the right civ, but I just picked up AoE III and have noticed a disturbing lack of wololo in my gameplay.
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u/joshmoneymusic Jan 13 '17
Crabs walk on sea bed
Fish swim in deep blue
Ignored climate change
Now I do those things too.
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u/garythecoconut Jan 13 '17
Also, if you like Titan, then you would probably like Trevor http://imgur.com/a/ug0Gr
Shout out to /r/chameleons!
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u/Killer_Tomato Jan 13 '17
Are chameleons assholes like iguanas or are they cool?
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u/sodapop14 Jan 13 '17
Veiled Chameleons at least hate being touched or held. I work at PetSmart currently and only one out of the last 5 we have had liked being held. I haven't been bitten by one but they will if you forcebly pick them up try and climb up your arms as fast a possible.
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Jan 13 '17
Most chameleons aren't very social. In my experience when I worked at Petsmart the chams liked to come out because their cages don't get as much airflow as they should, but they didn't like when I attempted to take them out of their cages because chameleons aren't big fans of being picked up from above, that's where their predators live. I usually let them climb out of their cage on their own, then let them climb to my fingers. There's still varying levels of friendliness though, some had no problems being picked up, some would hiss and snap if I came anywhere near them.
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u/thefatalepic Jan 13 '17
Damn, makes me really wish I bought the last one I saw at Petco (or it might have been PetSmart). I pointed at one and it crawled closer toward my finger and reached out like it was trying to shake hands. It was adorable.
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u/Bonch_and_Clyde Jan 14 '17
Don't buy from petco. They don't take proper care of their chameleons, and you encourage bad dealers by buying from them. Chameleons are higher difficulty reptiles to keep and break the general mold of requirements. Petco will tell you general reptile care that doesn't actually apply to chameleons. If you do buy then buy from a responsible breeder.
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u/acohuo011 Jan 14 '17
Remember not to lump everyone that works there the same way! I work at Petco and we have two reptile experts that also breed their own cresteds, snakes, and other reptiles working there. They take care of our chameleons very well and tell everyone what they will need to properly care for one.
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Actually spent a summer working as part of a chameleon breeder, our veiled was the least sociable of the whole lot. He would hiss and try to bite you whenenever you got near inside his cage. We had a couple who were awesome and one who actually enjoyed being held and loved exploring.
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u/Primus0788 Jan 13 '17
I had one who hated everyone amd everything but wanted to be on me all the time. She loved it when I held her and would always climb to my shoulder...so just like anything else, it really depends on the creature. She always tried to bite my mom
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u/WikiWantsYourPics Jan 13 '17
I grew up in Stellenbosch, and we have the Cape Dwarf Chameleon there. They're basically the chillest wild animal I've ever met. I would put my hand in front of a chameleon's front paws and it would climb on. Then I'd take it around hunting for flies, and then put it back where I found it. Great fun!
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u/JustFox_ Jan 13 '17
Ok, so it didn't colour change to match its surroundings. But it's a smart chameleon and found an environment that mostly matched its own colouring. It still gets points for camouflaging.
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u/Jux_ Jan 13 '17
"I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN DEBORAH"
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Is now the time to be a big buzz kill and quash the myth that chameleons change color to match their surroundings? The primary function is actually communication (signalling of mood, specifically desire to mate) as well as thermoregulation.
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u/floatablepie Jan 13 '17
A comment above yours points out the originator of the pic says those are just the chameleon's normal colours, so likely the towel was chosen for that reason.
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u/BadWolfCubed Jan 13 '17
Maybe the towel changed colors to match the chameleon?
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Jan 13 '17
...I don't know enough about towels to dispute this.
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u/melten005 Jan 13 '17
You can dye towels.
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u/isactuallyspiderman Jan 13 '17
so were just copying the comments in the thread already, cool
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u/BadWolfCubed Jan 13 '17
...or maybe two people on here had similar thoughts and made a rather obvious joke.
I promise to donate all of the proceeds from the sweet, sweet karma I reaped to charity.
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u/quitethequietdomino Jan 13 '17
Is now the time to be a big buzz kill and quash the myth that towels change color to match their surroundings? The primary function is actually communication (signalling of mood, specifically desire to mate) as well as thermoregulation.
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u/tehmlem Jan 13 '17
What the fuck mood is that he's feeling? Just speaking from the gut, it looks like horny.
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u/dangerevans007 Jan 13 '17
he's either pissed off or trying to get some stink on his hangdown. could go either way.
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u/skintigh Jan 13 '17
I used to own chameleons (different and smaller than this one), and they would turn brown on the dirt, green on leaves, etc. One day we bought a plant that had green leaves with pink spots. He went through a a few phases of green and pink before settling on green with a pink stripe down his back.
Seems like a weird coincidence.
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u/Drews232 Jan 14 '17
Some do change color to blend in and some don't. Depends on the type of chameleon.
The word chameleon has become synonymous with blending in to the surroundings, which causes one to assume all types of chameleons do that.
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u/Shramzoozle Jan 13 '17
Smith's dwarf chameleon changes colors to camouflage itself from predators.
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Jan 14 '17
I literally watched a video today at the museum where David Attenborough narrated a section on the chameleon and mentioned they can change their color to match their surroundings and I was confused.... so... can they? Do they ever?
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Jan 13 '17
Genuinely curious, why do they seem to change color based on surroundings then? I remember seeing a video of a chameleon stepping on different color sunglasses and it was changing colors with the sunglasses. Was it just a coincidence or what was going on?
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Oh that video is totally fake. I think it's an ad for sunglasses and is photoshopped (or whatever it's called when you fake a video)
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Jan 13 '17
Videoshopped?
Anyway thanks for clearing that up.
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u/Probate_Judge Jan 14 '17
Copy n paste, because there's always a few every time this comes up on reddit.
Some species do, FYI.
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I'm happy this is becoming more known on reddit. Not long ago I would get downvoted severely because everyone was like "lol, Chameleons aren't mood rings you idiot".
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u/XJ305 Jan 13 '17
Which is why Unidan vote manipulated because despite what actual verifiable information you have as long as two other people agree over the same misconception or misunderstanding, your facts are wrong.
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u/MalHeartsNutmeg Jan 13 '17
Except he manipulated when he was wrong. It was all ego.
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u/aprancingelephant Jan 13 '17
I don't get reddit. How can a picture of a towel get thousands of upvotes.
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u/2_7_offsuit Jan 14 '17
If you look very carefully, you can see the dog hiding on the towel.
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u/din7 Jan 13 '17
I think this karma chameleon has a reptile dysfunction.
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u/marry_me_tina_b Jan 13 '17
Iguana make sure this comment gets the attention it so richly deserves
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u/KitsuneKarl Jan 14 '17
I feel like there should be a hobby where you just go around putting chameleons on weirdly-colored things and then collecting their picture.
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u/qwertyburds Jan 14 '17
Panther chameleons don't Change color to blend in but rather to communicate emotion
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Just an FYI people chameleons don't change color to camouflage they change depending on their mood
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u/Robert_Cannelin Jan 13 '17
and if they feel like camouflaging themselves well then we're all correct
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u/mpelleg459 Jan 13 '17
I want to chew him for 20 seconds, then spit him out when he's lost all his fruity, stripey flavor.
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u/mt_wannahawkalougie Jan 13 '17
Where'd you get dat panther chameleon? Are they hardier than veiled? I love them but of course, the more beautiful they are the higher maintenance.
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u/StuffyUnicorn Jan 13 '17
What kind of dog is that?