Dec 15, 2010

Spiky



Oh hi. The part of my brain that constructs interesting sentences is temporarily out of commission, having been worn out by the push to meet a book deadline. But I decided that this creature was too wonderful to miss just because I have nothing to say about it. It's the Antsingy leaf chameleon of Madagascar, and I don't think we've seen it before.



You can learn more here.

Photos from Flickr user David d'O and thanks to @Speciesoftheday for introducing me to this critter.

Speechlessly,
-Wombat (No Relation)

5 comments:

Dave said...

Cool beastie - the spines/plates look fractal...

Nature Girl, April said...

There are so many 'chameleons' in the world of human personalities! I guess that's why chameleons fascinate me to no end.
BTW, are you taking breaks every hour as you write, edit, and rewrite? If you don't, your eye sight will definitely pay for it later. (Speaking from experience, here!) :-D

wombat said...

Hmm... I am thinking you don't mean taking a break to look at Twitter and messageboards and surf the web?

Adorably Dead said...

Awww what a cute little guy! (Sorry!) I'd cuddle him but...he'd stick me ;_;

CarlyB said...

If I were an ant I'd be scared to death if I saw this thing.