The Chameleon

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The Chameleon
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According to Wikipedia
Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 200 species described as of June 2015.[1] The members of this family are best known for their distinct range of colors, being capable of shifting to different hues and degrees of brightness. The large number of species in the family exhibit considerable variability in their capacity to change color. For some, it is more of a shift of brightness (shades of brown); for others, a plethora of color-combinations (reds, yellows, greens, blues) can be seen.

I took the picture of the Chameleon on the Island of Madagascar in October 2006. Even at 8 frames per second, I was unable to catch the moment the grasshopper that it is aiming at was struck.