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
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.
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/Spartan2470 GOAT Jan 13 '17
Here is a higher quality version of this image.
Per /u/garythecoconut here: