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The demise of Croaton the Chameleon.
It never dawned on me that a chameleon makes such an interesting pet until I actually saw one up close in live and living colours.
Yes siree Jack. There it was, changing colours right before my eyes.
By the way, A chameleon is able to change its skin color quickly. This lizard may be green, yellow, or white one minute, and brown or black the next. Chameleons also may become spotted. The chameleon’s color is controlled by body chemicals called hormones.
Also, The skin of a chameleon transparent. The chameleon has cells underneath this skin that contain pigment (a natural substance that controls the color of tissues in animals). By increasing the size of certain pigment cells and decreasing the size of other pigment cells, the chameleon changes color. Example, if a chameleon decreases the size of its black-pigment cells and increases the size of its yellow, its skin changes from black to yellow. See Video here.
Now back to our story. It all started at the time of my visit to the Croats'( citizen of Croatia) camp where they had a lonely chameleon in a glass cage. Why was he lonely you ask? Well it began a while back, when he was captured along with a female partner somewhere in the Golan heights and placed in a glass cage. His name was Croaton and her name was, I guess Ms Croaton. Life was beautiful as these two creatures were treated well. Being fed with bugs of all sorts and watered they soon reached maturity and Croaton was humping the misses like hell. All that humping paid off because she started laying eggs, a grand total of seventeen. I think the strain was too much for her because she died two days later. He, not the motherly type couldn't tend to the eggs and they came to nought. With no companion Croaton soon became meloncholy and very inactive. So, sometimes he would be taken from the cage to be admired by the guys in the camp. It was then that I saw a real live chameleon changing colours which I thought was pretty nifty. This was a good lesson in camoflage for the milatary.
However, Croaton's demise came one day when he became inactive and laid still. Everyone thought he was sleeping; but after several hours, to everyone's surprise, he was no more. Yes friends, he was gone to the yonder world.
Now all that remains is the empty,lonely glass cage with a few tree branches where a cameleon and his partner once lived.
The below pictures show how Croaton the chamaleon colors changed when he's placed on the soldier's uniform.
Because Croaton is in his glass cage, the picture is not very clear.
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