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    Chameleons have adapted in several ways to survive, including the ability to change color for camouflage and communication. Their oldest known ancestor is Anqingosaurus brevicephalus from the middle Paleocene of China. Chameleons can vary their colors to blend in with their surroundings and intimidate others, and use different hues for courting or anger. They also have a long, sticky tongue to capture prey and claws that help them grip surfaces for climbing.

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    Chameleons have adapted in several ways to survive, including the ability to change color for camouflage and communication. Their oldest known ancestor is Anqingosaurus brevicephalus from the middle Paleocene of China. Chameleons can vary their colors to blend in with their surroundings and intimidate others, and use different hues for courting or anger. They also have a long, sticky tongue to capture prey and claws that help them grip surfaces for climbing.

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    Three adaptation of

    chemeleon

    The speciation and history

    The oldest chemeleon


    is anqingosaurus
    brevicephalus from
    middle Paleocene of
    Anhui, China.

    It's sharing the same


    ancestor with iguanids
    and aramid which have
    more than 100 years
    history.

    The chemeleons can


    change color in order
    to pretend to have the
    same color as object
    they land, so others
    can't see it.

    Also, they sometimes change


    by themselves. They show
    darker colors when angered, or
    attempting to scare or
    intimidate others. When males
    show lighter, it means they
    want to courting females.

    chemeleon species
    are able to vary
    colorations to blue
    black brown yellow or
    green.

    Chemeleon's tongue
    can become very long
    which helps them to
    better capture food

    Their claws can be


    stick to anything
    which is called gecko.
    It's also an adaptation
    which helps
    chemeleon to survive.

    Citations:Cooper,
    Sharon Katz.
    "National Geographic
    Explorer (Student
    Magazine) - Featured
    Article." National
    Geographic Explorer
    (Student Magazine) Featured Article.
    National Geographic,
    4 Oct. 2002. Web. 27
    May 2015.

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