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mmdragondreamer
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Would the vibrations stress them?
Ryan Jarosek
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it is possible but doesn't seem to bother about 10 of my guys.
wheresstimpy
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i read about this in a book i bought yesterday, according to the author chameleons are deaf, but have the ability to sense vibrations, mine don't seem to mind the vacuum, or radio, but what i want to know is if the flashing images on the tv would cause them to stress out??
Ryan Jarosek
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Just as a bright colored shirt can stress them a TV definitely can. I have never seen one even acknowledge the TV. I don't have them sitting in front of it but it is viewable from the side. So far no one seems to care.
panthercham
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My 2 chams are in the far corner of our living room and if I watch tv at night/dusk then I just cover their cages at the front so that the light from the tv doesnt bother them. I find if I dont and their lights have just been switched off it does cause them to stay awake longer and they are restless and usually I find them sleeping somewhere they normally dont. Not all times but enough to warrant covering them.
royden
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I have a theory about animals in general and screens (tvs, computers etc).
I think their basic needs dictate that they recognize structure and 3 dimensions. A flat surface popping colors and motion could for sure still be distracting and possibly cause stress depending on the proximity and size of the screen to the chameleon, but I think strangely shaped objects covered in patterns that move around them are worse.
example: My veiled Otto would freak out when I put a new branch in his cage. I think he thought it was a snake.
I think their basic needs dictate that they recognize structure and 3 dimensions. A flat surface popping colors and motion could for sure still be distracting and possibly cause stress depending on the proximity and size of the screen to the chameleon, but I think strangely shaped objects covered in patterns that move around them are worse.
example: My veiled Otto would freak out when I put a new branch in his cage. I think he thought it was a snake.
Chameleon's hearing...
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/110509210/abstract
"the performance was not far below that found in many species with conventional sound-conducting systems".
"The frequency range extended from 100 to 10,000 cps, with the best sensitivity in the region of 200 to 600 cps."
http://books.google.ca/books?id=8Wk...=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA25,M1
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5014/hoot.html
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/110496092/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
http://books.google.ca/books?id=kYE...=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA52,M1
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1447408
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/110509210/abstract
"the performance was not far below that found in many species with conventional sound-conducting systems".
"The frequency range extended from 100 to 10,000 cps, with the best sensitivity in the region of 200 to 600 cps."
http://books.google.ca/books?id=8Wk...=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA25,M1
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5014/hoot.html
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/110496092/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
http://books.google.ca/books?id=kYE...=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA52,M1
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1447408
