Not exact matches
In lab
studies pitting one male veiled
chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus, pictured) against another, researchers looked at how aggression and fighting abilities correlated with the brightness
of 28 different patches on various parts
of the lizards» bodies, as well as how quickly those patches brightened or changed color.
Chameleons are known for sticking their tongues out at the world fast and far, but until a new
study by Brown University biologist Christopher Anderson, the true extent
of this awesome capability had been largely overlooked.
Chameleons belong to the most popular animals
of Madagascar and have been quite intensively
studied in the past.
«Holger has ruled out
chameleons that interact with normal matter more strongly than gravity, but he is now pushing his experiment into areas where
chameleons interact on the same scale as gravity, where they are more likely to exist,» Khoury, co-author
of the
study published Friday in the journal Science, said in the statement.