A real tiny little thing that is extremely rare!
In my previous post I was so excited to capture a single rare Dwarf Chameleon on camera, but something told me that where there is smoke there's a fire. The question that I woke up with why was there only one?
So I tuned my brain's senses into observance mode (manually of course by sticking my finger up my nose) and I went on an investigation spree.
See for yourself what I found!
He said; "Hello steemians, look how cute am I"!
Small, as one inch is about 25 millimeters!
Now watch his eye movements! He looks forward!
And he looks up!
Then he looks down. Chameleons can roll their eyes in all directions without moving their heads!
Oh! And of course mommy dwarf chameleon was nearby!
On her way across my chest to give me a message!
She whispered in my ear; "Stephen, thank you for showing my beautiful baby to the world, but it's his breast feeding time now and so we have to go. I am shy, you know!"
Look how the baby matches the colors of the branches after I put him back!
Mommy's green color is complimented by the red bottle brush seed pod!
Of course I am mad to set them free, as if I capture and sell them I can name my price. Many will come running to buy these scarce specimens.
They can then be smuggled out of the country and sold for thousands of dollars, just as they do with many of Africa's other animals.
Somebody could even make "Dwarf Chameleon" soup of them!
But how then would I sleep at night knowing that I sold the free lives of these little wonders?
How could I reconcile myself to the fact that future children will never see God's wonders?
I despise poachers and slaughterers of wild animals just as much as mother nature does.
And so I whispered back to her; "Thank you my lady for this wonderful photo opportunity and I apologize on behalf of the human race for our cruelty. May you by grace stay free and have many more babies"
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Note: These little prehistoric animals are residents in our complex. They were not harmed in any way and they were set free today!
