UMary Allen
Unwabu yisilwane esihuquzelayo, isilwane esikhasayo. Igama livela esiGrekini futhi lisho "ibhubesi lomhlaba". Kunezinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-200 ezahlukene. Okuncane kunakho konke kufushane kunesithupha somuntu, kuyilapho enkulu kunazo zonke ikhula ifike kumasentimitha angama-68 ubude. Ama-chameleon amaningi asengozini. Ngakho-ke kufanele uqaphele ukuthi zingafi.
Ama-chameleon ahlala e-Afrika, eningizimu yeYurophu, e-Arabia, naseningizimu yeNdiya. Zithanda izindawo ezifudumele ezinamahlathi amaningi ngoba zihlala ezihlahleni nasemahlathini. Lapho zithola izinambuzane ezithanda ukuzidla. Ngezinye izikhathi badla izinyoni ezincane noma amanye ama-chameleon.
Amehlo ama-Chameleon ahamba kancane futhi aphuma ekhanda. Womabili amehlo abona izinto ezahlukene. Lokhu kukunikeza cishe ukubuka kwakho konke. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ama-chameleon abona ngokucacile, ngisho noma kukhona okukude. Bangakwazi ukuphequlula ulimi lwazo olude olunamathelayo elubhekise esizimbeni. Isilwane esizingelayo sibe sesinamathela kuso noma, ngokunembile, sinamathela kuso.
Unwabu lwaziwa kakhulu ngokukwazi ukushintsha umbala. Lokhu ikwenza ukuze ixhumane okuthile namanye amagwinya. Ngaphezu kwalokho, unwabu luba mnyama lapho kubanda: Lokhu lwenza lukwazi ukumunca kangcono ukushisa ekukhanyeni. Lapho kufudumala, isilwane siba lula ukuze imisebe yelanga iphume kuso.
Amachameleon azala ngamaqanda njengazo zonke izilwane ezihuquzelayo. Ngemva kokukhwelana, kuthatha cishe amasonto amane ukuthi amaqanda alungele. Ngesinye isikhathi kukhona izingcezu ezinhlanu kuya kwezingu-35. Uma amaqanda esezalele, kungathatha izinyanga ezimbili ukuthi amaphuphu achanyuselwe. Ezindaweni ezibandayo kukhona namavukana amancane aphuma eqandeni esibelethweni abese ezalwa.