Question: With Chameleons what adaptation and how do they change to the colour of the surface they are sitting on? Is it a mental ability or is it a part on there skin?

Asked by dragonkeeper101 to Emma, Josie, Kristyn, Peter, Sarah on 28 Aug 2013.

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  1. Photo: Kristyn BatesKristyn Bates
    answered on 28 Aug 2013:

    I would say its a mental thing, they would probably sense the colour of the environment and then nerves in the skin would release colour pigments. I don’t know for sure!

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  2. Photo: Emma StewartEmma Stewart
    answered on 28 Aug 2013:

    I think they would use their senses and vision to see what they are sitting on, and the brain would process this and send messages to the skin to change its colour.

    I know that cuttlefish do a similar thing, and they have a lot of their brain devoted to vision, and the brain processes that to cause changes in the pigments in their skin.

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  1. Photo: dragonkeeper101dragonkeeper101
    commented on 29 Aug 2013:

    Thanks for answering 🙂

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