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Veiled Chameleon

Chamaeleo calyptratus

Photo by sttweets
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Description:

Spotted in the Chicago Science and Industry museum. Put on formaldehyde ages ago as 'bizarre' creature.

Species ID Suggestions

veiled chameleon

Chamaeleo calyptratus

Comments (16)

@sttweets Me neither. Just felt it was a point worth mentioning. :)
@SatyenMehta Better safe then sorry here...
Not offended at all. I understood your point. ;-)
@SatyenMehta I think we're on the same page here, I didn't mean to offend in anyone in any way.
I agree with you sttweets. I just wanted to share the first hand information about the chemical which I had gained by my personal experience. I know that we are well aware now and shall not repeat mistakes made by our earlier generations.
@Doryreed and @SatyenMehta, I understand that things where different in the past and have no problem to excuse them. Its different for things we do right now, while being fully aware of species going extinct.
formaldehyde is a very bad chemical, burns the eyes and nose severely. used to work with it some time back. still get the jitters when I hear the name.
@sttweets It would be a disgrace if people still did this sort of thing. I am not convinced there was ever really a place for it but I see your point. Sadly there is still a huge pet market which essentially has the same effect that collecting had historically.
@Doryreed I couldn't agree more, and I don't think we have to do this anymore in times of TV, Internet and ProjectNoah. But before those media there was no other way to share or learn. Furthermore I don't think people where that aware of nature as we are now (due to this kind of knowledge sharing?)
@sttweets That is true but it was the habit of collecting and bringing back specimens that has helped to endanger many species. Admittedly there is no helping this guy but I think showing people who are not lucky enough to see these things for themselves should have and still should be secondary to conserving species. Having said that it still makes for an interesting photo. :)
@Mariano, sure, so do I. Nevertheless, think about showing it to people who where not privileged enough to really see it,... let's say 5 or 8 decades ago.
I like to see him running around the field I used google translator, I do not know English
@mariajo Could you rephrase in English, since I don't understand Spanish ... thank you.
@flybeasley Thank you for ID update.
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