Just thought this was pretty cool

[LAD]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=R9c3O4QZwqY


comments are welcomed

 

[Will Hayward]

This is actually just a clip from the National Geographic documentary called; The Dragons of Namib. Which is available in complete online in several locations. The original is of course in English. It's run time is about 45 minutes.

By far my favourite species of chameleon to read and learn about. Would be nice to see one in person some day.

 

[Electric]

LOL @ the little cham's tuff guy dance, he pushed his luck a little too far
weird how he scattered away so quickly when the big one turned his head, and what was that little croc looking thing hiding out in the sand??

you wouldn't happen to have links to the complete english version would you Will?

 

[Will Hayward]

Well since I have downloaded the full video, I didn't know where anywhere online- just that they exhist. However since it seems that I watch this short documentary almost every 2 months, I took the time to search one source out for you.

Enjoy... This si the video that everyone plus myself raves about;
http://tobparker.googlepages.com/dragon

And this one here, is a small collection of videos less known about, but also fascinating!
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/reptiles/Chamaeleo_namaquensis/more_moving_images.html

And aww heck- well I'm at it I might as well plan out the rest of your day watching videos for you. The first video is parallel to the Dragons of Namib video done by National Geographic- during the same expedition as far as I can tell. The second is actually someones home video of their time flying Cessna's over the region. It just really gives you a feel for how beautiful and dangerous it would be in the wasteland. There aren't too many shots of the rolling dunes though- I assume they are at an airfield close to the coast which is very abundant in life.
http://stage6.divx.com/CTV/video/1517082/The-Living-Edens---NAMIB-(Africa\'s-Burning-Shore)
http://stage6.divx.com/user/Kasmonster/video/1106869/The-namib-Experience

And heres some info sites about them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaqua_Chameleon
http://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/cnamaquensis.html

Hope this was of help.
I'm sure you can see why this certain species has captivated me so. I'm so nuts about them that I would probably attempt to brave that hellhole of a desolate place to try and find one! And after you see some videos about it... you'll see thats saying something.

 

[s7plagues]

what blows my mind is the fact that they still retain the split hand which i would of thought would of evolved out since thats ideal for trees but hardly running in the desert!

 

[s7plagues]

i think they would make an awesome pet as well.

 

[Will Hayward]

i think they would make an awesome pet as well.

Actually this is one species of chameleon I do NOT think would make a good pet for anyone other than a Zoo or private Zoo. As seen in the video, they require extreme temperatures, with intense UV, an extensive territory and a massive diet, likely needing certain nutrients that are offered by the desert insects. Etc etc... the list of odd requirements goes on.

I agree they would be fascinating to see in person or at a zoo. But you might as well keep a Gorilla as a pet than these.

 

[Electric]

thanks man, I just started checking out the ones from the 2nd link because all the ones in your first link are gone now, something about 20th century fox reclaiming copyright from youtube... also the link to dl complete version doesn't work either but I should still have plenty to watch with the other vids

 

[cotley]

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Interesting video, downloaded the full version from that link.

Although damn that guy's voice is annoying!!

And I've never heard 'slough' pronounced 'sluff' - is that the American pronounciation or did the narrator just get it wrong?

 

[s7plagues]

maybe ill just move over to Yuma and fence off a large patch of sand dune....haha

 

[filip]

I find this video gross as I am sure they put the baby cham near the adult and waited for this to happen...probably tried many times... those filmmakers...ughh...