“Cecal valves slow down food passage and provide for fermenting chambers, allowing commensal microorganisms to convert cellulose to volatile fatty acids”…
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0711998105
Could this happen in chameleons as well?
Yemen chameleons have a caecum…so do they have a...
Here are some …not really showing what you want…
Gravid….
Some more…
https://reptilesmagazine.com/carpet-chameleon-information-and-care/?srsltid=AfmBOoqPY7EB4iZIta4aJSHjyxjiO59aWgceSVVxW6GnLcIDuW1C8qyW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NORfuH9zedU
This one might help…...
They can be affected by the colour and pattern of the clothes you wear. Sometimes I think they will even see a facial difference in people and react to that. I’m not sure if there are even other things that make them react to one person differently than another.
I did see one graceful chameleon...
“These data suggest that eating crickets may improve gut health and reduce systemic inflammation; however, more research is needed to understand these effects and underlying mechanisms.”…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-29032-2
“In this dissertation I evaluate, based on a taxonomic revision of Calumma nasutum group, the significance of mitochondrial lineages for species delimitation and promote micro- computed tomography (micro-CT) as an additional tool for integrative taxonomy. The second part deals with the discovery...
I know who put this theory forward originally…it was Petr Necas.
It wouldn’t surprise me that it would help to push soft caterpillars through the chameleon’s digestive system…but IMHO it wouldn’t explain why the females devour it like crazy when they are gravid. A “search” for nutrients needed...
Just for fun…
https://zambia.desertcart.com/products/20326316-the-mountain-boys-little-kids-climbing-chameleon
Stuffie…
https://botswana.desertcart.com/products/414168169-folkmanis-small-chameleon
Chameleon ornament…...