Chameleons: Kings of Camouflage … or Not?

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Caller Christy needs to know if she’s lying to her kid. She’s been reading a children’s book about chameleons to her daughter, and she’s wondering if it’s accurate. Chameleon expert Russell Ligon gives us the real story on chameleons and color change. Plus, biologist and head of Skype a Scientist Sarah McAnulty tips us off about nature’s top doyens of disguise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You have reached the every little thing help line.
0:05.0	Please reptile me your question after the tone.
0:08.0	Hi, Flora.
0:09.0	This is Kristi.
0:10.0	I have just been curious about chameleons and other color changing creatures.
0:15.0	Exactly how detailed can that color change be?
0:19.0	What triggers their color change?
0:21.0	Super, super curious.
0:25.0	Hello.
0:28.0	Hey, Kristi.
0:29.0	It's Flora from ELT.
0:30.0	Oh, my goodness.
0:31.0	I'm smiling so big right now.
0:34.0	What got you thinking about chameleons?
0:39.0	Is this like a 420th lecture trip to Petco, kind of scenario?
0:43.0	No, not quite.
0:45.0	My daughter, when she was two and a half, we got a little book about a very sad chameleon,
0:51.0	and actually he was sad that everyone else had their own color,
0:54.0	but he just kept changing colors based on what he was landing on.
0:58.0	He was striped like the Tiger's Tale, or was like red with white polka dots like a mushroom top.
1:03.0	And I started getting curious about the actual scientific legitimacy of this book.
1:09.0	Do you often fact check your daughter's children's books?
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