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COLOR CHANGES
lending In can’t move quickly.
C h a mel e on s Staying hidden is pret-
Bare often nearly ty much their only tac-
impossible to see— tic to evade predators.
just ask anyone who’s Much of the “blend-
spent time in the field ing in” chameleons do
looking for them. doesn’t require color
“It’s incredibly dif- change at all, Milinko-
ficult to spot them,” vitch says. In their
Milinkovitch says. natural state, they al-
And there’s a good ready look a lot like
reason for it: These leaves or branches,
lizards are utterly de- much like stick insects
fenseless. They don’t looks like... sticks.But
have a dangerous bite, these lizards do have
their skin isn’t packed the ability to adjust
with poison, and they how bright their skin
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