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I have taken this photo in Shedd Aquarium, Chicago. This is the most amezing animal, I have ever seen. This changes color according to its enviourment.

From Wikipedia:
The family Chamaeleonidae are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of lizards. They are distinguished by their parrot-like zygodactylous feet, their separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, their very long, highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, and the possession by many of a prehensile tail, crests or horns on their distinctively shaped heads, and the synonymous ability to change color. Uniquely adapted for climbing and visual hunting, the approximately 160 species of chameleon range from Africa, Madagascar, and Spain, across south Asia, to Sri Lanka, have been introduced to Hawaii and California, and are found in warm habitats that vary from rain forest to desert conditions.

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  • Copyright: Kuntal Nandi (kuntaln) (54)
  • Genre: Places
  • Medium: Color
  • Date Taken: 2009-03-14
  • Categories: Nature
  • Exposure: f/3.5, 1/10 seconds
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  • Photo Version: Original Version
  • Date Submitted: 2009-03-14 20:03
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