Narrator: THE ANIMAL KINGDOM IS FILLED WITH TRICKERY
AND TRANSFORMATION.
STICK BUGS STEALTHILY MIMIC THE BRANCHES OF THEIR HOME.
LIONFISH CAMOUFLAGE THEMSELVES IN THE REEFS THEY DESTROY.
EMPEROR SCORPIONS GLOW IN THE DARK
LEAVING SCIENTISTS IN THE DARK.
AND CHAMELEONS ARE KNOWN AS QUICK CHANGE ARTISTS,
BUT HAVE OTHER TRICKS TO PLAY TOO.
FOR THESE ANIMALS, IT'S DECEIVE OR DIE.
NO FOOLING.
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SOMETIMES, ANIMALS LIKE TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK.
BUT IS IT REALLY JUST A GAME?
BECAUSE FOR THESE CREATURES, IF YOU ARE FOUND,
YOU'RE PROBABLY ABOUT TO BE EATEN.
SO IT PAYS TO BE REALLY GOOD AT BLENDING IN
AND SOME INSECTS HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO JUST THAT,
AND IN DOING SO HAVE TRANSFORMED INTO
SOME PRETTY WEIRD CREATURES.
ONE ORDER OF INSECT HAS MASTERED THE ART OF ILLUSION.
THEY ARE SIMPLY KNOWN AS STICK BUGS.
SCIENTIFICALLY THEY ARE PART OF THE PHASMIDA ORDER OF INSECT.
PHASMIDA IS GREEK FOR APPARITION OR GHOST.
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IF YOU CAN FIND THEM,
THEY LOOK LIKE A STRANGE CHARACTER OUT OF AN ALIEN MOVIE.
BUT THEY ARE VERY MUCH OF THIS EARTH.
AND THEIR EXTRATERRESTRIAL APPEARANCE
HELPS KEEP THEM ALIVE.
BUT IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST LOOKING LIKE A STICK.
IT TAKES TALENT AND FREAKISHLY GOOD ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
THESE PERFECTIONISTS CAN ACTUALLY MIMIC
WHAT A SMALL BRANCH MIGHT LOOK LIKE
WHEN BEING GENTLY PUSHED BY A BREEZE.
AND BECAUSE STICKS COME IN DIFFERENT SIZES,
SO DO STICK BUGS.
SOME CAN GET UP TO A FOOT IN LENGTH,
WHICH MAKES THEM SOME OF THE LARGEST INSECTS AROUND.
THERE ARE AROUND 3,000 DIFFERENT
AND EQUALLY WEIRD-LOOKING SPECIES OF STICK INSECTS
AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS PERFECTLY MATCHED
TO ITS HABITAT.
SOME EVEN HAVE BLOTCHY SPOTS ON THEM THAT LOOK JUST LIKE LEAVES
THAT HAVE ROTTED AROUND THE EDGES
OR BEEN EATEN BY OTHER INSECTS.
STICK BUGS ARE FOUND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
BUT YOU FIND MORE DIVERSITY OF SPECIES IN TROPICAL FORESTS.
THOUGH, NOT A LOT IS KNOWN ABOUT THEM,
MAYBE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO HARD TO FIND.
THEY HAVE AN UNUSUAL STRATEGY FOR SURVIVAL.
THEY ARE WILLING TO LOSE A LIMB TO STAY ALIVE.
IF A PREDATOR HAS THEM BY A LEG,
THEY USE A SPECIAL MUSCLE TO BREAK OFF THE LEG
AT A WEAK POINT,
LEAVING THE ATTACKER WITH LESS THAN THEY DESIRED.
NOT TO WORRY, THOUGH.
JUVENILE STICK BUGS CAN GROW A NEW LEG
THE NEXT TIME THEY MOULT.
WHEN THEY ARE NOT HAVING LIMBS RIPPED OFF BY PREDATORS,
THEY HAVE A VERY UNUSUAL MATING RITUAL.
THEY PLAY PIGGYBACK.
SIZE CLEARLY DOESN'T MATTER WITH THESE GUYS.
THE MALE IS TINY.
NOT TO WORRY, THOUGH.
HE CLIMBS UP ON THE FEMALE'S BACK
AND ENJOYS THE RIDE WHILE MATING WITH HER
AND HE CAN LAST A LONG TIME, RIDING ON HER BACK THAT IS.
WHEN THE MATING IS DONE, HE STAYS UP THERE.
STICKING AROUND IS A GOOD STRATEGY IN THE INSECT WORLD
AS THE LAST MALE TO MATE WITH A FEMALE
WILL MOST LIKELY BE THE FATHER.
THE FEELINGS ARE MUTUAL TOO
AS SOME FEMALE STICK INSECTS ARE THOUGHT TO BE MORE PROTECTED
FROM PREDATORS WHILE MALES ARE ON TOP OF THEM.
CLEARLY, SEX AND CAMOUFLAGE
PLAY BIG PARTS IN THESE CREATURES' SURVIVAL.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CATCH THEM IN THE ACT
OR EVEN JUST SWAYING WITH THE WIND.
BUT GOOD LUCK FINDING THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THESE TRICKSTERS USUALLY WIN THAT GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK.
IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT, LIONFISH EVADE PREDATORS
BY DISAPPEARING INTO THE BACKGROUND.
THEIR STRIPES AND FEATHERY FINS LOOK LIKE PLANTS AND CORAL.
BUT DON'T GET TOO CLOSE.
THOSE FINS WILL GETCHA.
IT'S THE MID-1980S IN FLORIDA, USA.
THE FIRST SIGHTING OF A LIONFISH IN THE ATLANTIC TAKES PLACE
AND RAISES A FEW EYEBROWS.
LEGEND HAS IT THAT FLORIDA PET OWNERS ARE TO BLAME
AFTER DUMPING LIONFISH FROM THEIR HOME AQUARIUMS
INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
THREE DECADES LATER,
AN ALIEN INVASION IS WELL ON ITS WAY
TO DEVASTATING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF NATIVE FISH POPULATIONS
AND CORALS REEFS IN THESE WATERS.
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AT FIRST GLANCE,
THE CRYSTAL BLUE WATERS OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN
SEEM VIBRANT, HEALTHY AND PRISTINE.
BUT BENEATH THE SURFACE, ALL IS NOT WELL.
THERE IS A STRANGER HERE,
AN IMPOSTER, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.
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THE LIONFISH.
IT'S AN INVASIVE SPECIES HERE
AND IT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL,
SLOWLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY ANNIHILATING
THIS DELICATE ECOSYSTEM.
THEIR NATIVE HABITAT IS THE PACIFIC OCEAN,
WHERE THEIR STRIKING COLOR PATTERNS
SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO PREDATORS:
"I'M VENOMOUS, SO DON'T TRY ANYTHING FUNNY."
AND THEY USUALLY DON'T, BECAUSE THEY'VE LEARNED THE HARD WAY.
HERE AT THE ATLANTIC,
NAIVE PREDATORS PAY DEARLY FOR THEIR CURIOSITY.
ONE BITE OF THIS ALIEN SPECIES LEAVES THEM WITH NOTHING
BUT A MOUTH FULL OF PAIN, POISON AND SOMETIMES DEATH.
CONCEALED IN ITS BEAUTIFUL FINS ARE 18 VENOMOUS SPINES.
IF A LIONFISH FEELS THREATENED, OUT THEY COME.
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PREY FISH AREN'T MUCH BETTER OFF.
HERE IN THE ATLANTIC,
THEY HAVE NOT LEARNED TO RECOGNIZE ITS FEATHERY FINS
AND BY THE TIME THEY'VE SEEN THEM,
IT'S USUALLY TOO LATE.
LIONFISH BLEND EXQUISITELY INTO CORAL AND VIBRANT PLANT LIFE.
THEN THEY AMBUSH PINNING THEIR PREY TO THE ROCKS
WITH THEIR BILLOWY PECTORAL FINS.
ONE LIGHTNING-FAST STRIKE AND IT'S OVER.
IT'S LIKE SHOOTING FISH IN A BARREL.
HERE IN THEIR NEW HOME,
EACH LIONFISH EATS AS MUCH AS SEVEN TIMES THE AMOUNT IT NEEDS
TO SURVIVE.
IT'S A HORRIFYING SCENARIO.
A SEEMINGLY HARMLESS RELEASE OF AQUARIUM FISH
HAS UNLEASHED AN ARMY OF UNSTOPPABLE GLUTTONS
THAT FEED ON OVER 50 SPECIES OF FISH AND BREED WITH IMPUNITY.
BUT WHERE DOES IT END?
HOW CAN IT BE STOPPED?
IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE?
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LUCKILY, A DEDICATED COMMUNITY OF INFORMED DIVERS
BELIEVE IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
DIVERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO CULL THE LIONFISH POPULATION.
SOME HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO IT,
SPEARING AND KILLING THEM BY HAND
EVERY CHANCE THEY GET.
AND IN DOING SO THEY MAY HAVE STUMBLED UPON
THIS INVASIVE SPECIES' ACHILLES HEEL.
LIONFISH ARE DELICIOUS.
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BECAUSE THEIR VENOM IS CONFINED TO THEIR SPINES,
LIONFISH ARE EASILY PREPARED TO BE HEALTHY AND SAFE TO EAT.
LOCAL RESTAURANTS EVEN MAKE DINNER SPECIALS
OUT OF WHITE, SUCCULENT LIONFISH FILLETS.
SO NOW, ECO-CONSCIOUS DINERS
CAN FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SAVING THE PLANET ONE BITE AT A TIME.
EMPEROR SCORPIONS ARE A SCARY SIGHT,
CREEPING AND CRAWLING WITH PINCERS AND STINGING TAILS.
THEIR BLACK COLOR BLENDS WITH THEIR BURROWS
ALLOWING THEM TO WAIT AND AMBUSH THEIR PREY.
BUT AT NIGHT, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
UNDER THE UV LIGHT OF THE MOON, THEY GLOW.
NOW WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?
IN THE WILD, THEY LIVE IN THE HUMID RAINFORESTS
AND DRY SAVANNAS OF WEST AFRICA
AND HAVE A MOST-TERRIFYING REPUTATION.
MEASURING UP TO EIGHT INCHES,
THE EMPEROR SCORPION IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SCORPIONS
IN THE WORLD.
AS IT ITS LARGE CRUSHING PINCERS WEREN'T INTIMIDATING ENOUGH,
THE SCORPION CAN ALSO RELEASE DEADLY VENOM
THROUGH A NEEDLE-SHARP STINGER
LOCATED AT THE BUSINESS END OF ITS LONG, CURLY TAIL,
TRULY THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES.
THERE ARE OVER 1,700 SPECIES OF SCORPIONS IN THE WORLD,
BUT ONLY 25 ARE CAPABLE OF KILLING PEOPLE.
THE GOOD NEWS
IS THAT EMPEROR'S VENOM IS ONE THAT GENERALLY ISN'T FATAL,
THOUGH IT CAN BE EXTREMELY PAINFUL.
BUT THE EMPEROR SCORPION
CERTAINLY MAKE SHORT WORK OF ANYTHING ELSE
UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO CROSS ITS PATH.
WHEN IT HUNTS TERMITES, ITS FAVORITE FOOD,
IT CRAWLS OUT OF ITS BURROW
AND USES ITS DARK COLORING AS CAMOUFLAGE.
THANKS TO ROWS OF SENSORY HAIRS THAT COVER ITS PINCERS AND TAIL,
THE EMPEROR SCORPION DETECTS PREY
THROUGH VIBRATIONS OF THE AIR AND GROUND.
WHILE BLENDING INTO THE BACKGROUND,
IT AMBUSHES ITS PREY.
THEN, USING ITS MASSIVE PINCERS,
PROCEEDS TO RIP THE VICTIM'S BODY TO SHREDS.
NOT A PRETTY SIGHT, BUT IT ONLY GETS WORSE.
SINCE IT'S UNABLE TO CONSUME FOOD IN A SOLID STATE,
THE EMPEROR SCORPION USES ITS STINGER
TO INJECT NEUROTOXINS AND ENZYME INHIBITORS
THAT LITERALLY TURNS ITS VICTIM INTO A LIQUID LUNCH.
THE ULTIMATE TERMITE SMOOTHIE.
SCORPIONS ARE EQUALLY AGGRESSIVE WITH THEIR OWN KIND.
MALES ARE TERRITORIAL
AND AT THE DROP OF HAT
WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH WITH A DREADED RIVAL.
FEMALES AREN'T MUCH NICER.
IF A MOTHER FEELS IT'S TIME FOR HER OFFSPRING TO LEAVE THE NEST,
SHE'LL PUSH THEM OUT.
IF THEY COME BACK, SHE'LL GOBBLE THEM UP.
NOW THAT'S TOUGH LOVE.
AS IF THE EMPEROR SCORPION WASN'T CREEPY ENOUGH,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT CAN ALSO GLOW IN THE DARK.
UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, IT RADIATES A STRANGE NEON BLUE.
UNTIL RECENTLY, SCIENTISTS HAD NO IDEA WHY.
IT SEEMED TO MAKE NO PRACTICAL SENSE,
BUT A FEW INTRIGUING THEORIES HAVE COME ABOUT.
ONE THEORY IS THAT SCORPIONS COULD GLOW
TO HELP LURE THEIR PREY,
BUT RESEARCH SUGGESTS
THAT INSECTS ACTUALLY AVOID FLUORESCENCE.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO UPSIDE FOR A SCORPION
TRYING TO SNAG A MEAL.
SOME SAY THE GLOW MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP SCORPIONS
HIDE MORE SUCCESSFULLY FROM PREDATORS LIKE BIRDS,
BATS AND SOME MAMMALS.
AS NOCTURNAL CREATURES,
MAYBE SCORPIONS HAVE DEVELOPED A WAY TO FEEL OR SEE UV RAYS
SHINING DOWN ON THEM FROM THE MOON AND THE STARS.
MAYBE A SCORPION'S BODY IS LIKE A GIANT PHOTON DETECTOR,
A GIANT EYE THAT CAN READ THE LEVELS OF UV LIGHT
EMANATING FROM THE MOON.
IF THAT'S TRUE, THEN IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE HELPFUL
IN AVOIDING BEING EXPOSED TO ENEMIES IN FULL MOONLIGHT.
THE EMPEROR SCORPION COMES FROM AN ANCIENT LINEAGE
THAT HAS SURVIVED ON EARTH FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS.
WITH ITS HIGHLY-DEVELOPED PINCERS AND STINGER,
IT HAS BECOME A FORMIDABLE WARRIOR.
AS ONE OF THE MOST FEARED CREATURES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM,
IT'S ALSO SHROUDED IN DEEP MYSTERY,
A MYSTERY ON WHICH FUTURE RESEARCHERS
MIGHT ONE DAY SHED SOME LIGHT.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE CHAMELEON CAN CHANGE COLORS,
BUT IT'S WHY THEY DO IT THAT EVERYONE KEEPS GETTING WRONG.
THESE STRANGE CREATURES HAVE SECRETS IN THEIR SKIN,
EYES THAT PIVOT IN ALL DIRECTIONS
AND THE FASTEST TONGUES AROUND.
DECKED OUT IN VIVID GREENS,
ELECTRIC BLUES,
SUNBURST ORANGE,
AND A FULL RAINBOW OF COLORS AND HUES,
CHAMELEONS ARE ONE OF NATURE'S TRUE FASHION PLATES.
IT'S AS IF THEY WERE DESIGNED FOR THE GREAT RUNWAYS
OF MILAN AND PARIS.
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BUT EVEN THOUGH SOME CHAMELEONS
SEEM TO BE WORLD-CLASS TRICKSTERS,
INCREDIBLE ESCAPE ARTISTS WITH UNCANNY ABILITY TO HIDE
IN PLAIN SIGHT,
THEY ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO BE SEEN MORE.
ALMOST HALF OF THE WORLD'S 180 SPECIES OF CHAMELEONS
LIVE ON THE AFRICAN ISLAND OF MADAGASCAR.
CHAMELEONS COME IN AS MANY SIZES AS THEY DO COLORS.
SOME GROW NO BIGGER THAN A MOTH,
WHILE OTHERS CAN REACH THE SIZE OF A SMALL DOG.
NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL,
MOST CHAMELEONS ARE BORN WITH A GIFT
OF BEING ABLE TO CHANGE COLORS.
SOMETIMES AS THEY MOVE FROM ONE HABITAT TO ANOTHER,
THEY GRADUALLY CHANGE COLOR TO MATCH THEIR BACKGROUND,
MAKING THEM HARD TO SEE,
OR MAYBE THEY'RE JUST KEEPING WITH THE LOCAL FASHION TRENDS.
OF COURSE, AS WORLD-CLASS FASHIONISTAS,
THEY NEED TO ACCESSORIZE
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT COLOR AND CRYSTALS FOR THEM.
CHAMELEONS ARE BORN WITH SPECIAL MICROSCOPIC CRYSTALS
UNDER THEIR SKIN.
BY CHANGING THE SPACE BETWEEN THOSE NARROW CRYSTALS,
THEY CAN MANIPULATE HOW THEY REFLECT OR ABSORB LIGHT.
COMBINED WITH THEIR NATURAL YELLOW SKIN PIGMENT,
THEY'RE ABLE TO FORM THE COLORS THAT WE SEE,
JUST LIKE WHEN WE MIX DIFFERENT PAINTS TOGETHER.
SO WHEN A CHAMELEON'S FEELING SAFE,
A MESSAGE FROM ITS TINY BRAIN TELLS THE NANOCRYSTALS
TO REFLECT BLUE AND GREEN,
WHICH COMBINED WITH THE YELLOW SKIN PIGMENTS
CREATES GREEN,
THE MOST COMMON COLOR FOR A CHAMELEON
THAT IS JUST CHILLING OUT.
AND GREEN IS ALL THE RAGE IN THE JUNGLE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE,
THEY MAKE REFLECT THEIR CRYSTALS HIGHER WAVE LENGTHS,
LIKE RED OR ORANGE,
WHICH MAKES THEM LOOK SOMEWHAT ORANGE TO US.
BUT NOT ALL CHAMELEONS CAN PULL OFF
SUCH A DRASTIC COLOR CHANGE.
SOME JUST GET DARKER WHEN THEY GET EXCITED,
WHICH, IN TERMS OF TRICKS, IS STILL NOT TOO SHABBY.
THE BIG QUESTION IS,
WHY EVEN BOTHER CHANGING COLORS?
THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS.
FOR SOME CHAMELEONS,
ONE REASON HAS TO DO WITH BEING COZY.
SINCE DARK COLORS ABSORB HEAT AND LIGHT REPELS IT,
SOME CHAMELEONS MAY ACTUALLY DIAL THE COLORS UP OR DOWN
UNTIL THEY REACH THEIR COMFORT ZONE,
A PROCESS CALLED THERMOREGULATION.
SO AS THE SUN BEATS DOWN AT HIGH NOON,
THE CHAMELEON GETS BRIGHTER AND COOLER.
AND WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN,
THEIR SKIN GETS DARKER TO WARM UP.
ANOTHER REASON CHAMELEONS CHANGE COLOR,
IT'S ABOUT GOOD COMMUNICATION.
BETWEEN CHAMELEONS,
COLORATION IS USED TO GREAT EFFECT
TO EXPRESS DOMINANCE OVER RIVAL MALES
OR TO WIN OVER FINICKY FEMALES DURING COURTSHIP.
IN FACT, SOMETIMES MALES WILL FACE OFF IN A DUEL
AND THE BRIGHTER CHAMELEON WINS
AS THE MORE SUBMISSIVE MALE GENERALLY GOES BROWN OR GREY
TO COMMUNICATE SURRENDER.
A FEW CHAMELEONS CAN ALSO CHANGE COLORS
TO DISAPPEAR FROM PREDATORS.
IF THEY SUCCESSFULLY BLEND INTO THE COLORS AND PATTERNS
OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS, THEY MAY BE OVERLOOKED.
A FEW EVEN CHANGE THEIR COLORS
TO MATCH WHAT THEIR ATTACKER SEES.
WHEN THEY'RE BEING HUNTED BY BIRDS,
THEY SEEM TO BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT MATCHING THE BACKGROUND
BELOW THEM.
WHILE IF A SNAKE IS ON TO THEM,
THEY WILL CHANGE TO MATCH THE SKY.
NO MATTER WHO IS AFTER THEM,
THEY'RE ALMOST ALWAYS WEARING THE RIGHT OUTFIT.
BUT CAMOUFLAGE ISN'T ALWAYS A SURE THING.
SO IT ALSO HELPS TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR DANGER,
AND IN THAT DEPARTMENT,
CHAMELEONS HAVE IT PRETTY WELL-COVERED.
CHAMELEONS HAVE THE MOST UNUSUAL EYES OF ANY REPTILE.
THEIR UPPER AND LOWER EYELIDS ARE ACTUALLY JOINED.
THEIR PUPIL LOOKS THROUGH AN OPENING THE SIZE OF A PINHOLE.
THE MOST AMAZING THING IS THAT EACH EYE CAN PIVOT
AND FOCUS INDEPENDENTLY,
ALLOWING THE CHAMELEON TO OBSERVE TWO DIFFERENT OBJECTS
AT THE SAME TIME IN A 360° ARC.
IN A THICK JUNGLE WHERE PREDATORS CAN BE MOVING FAST
FROM SEVERAL DIRECTIONS,
THAT CAN BE HANDY AND THEIR EYE SIGHT IS PRETTY GOOD TOO.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE SMALL INSECTS
FROM AS FAR AS 30 FEET AWAY.
AND IF THEIR EYES TELL THEM IT'S TIME TO SPLIT,
THEY CAN MOVE PRETTY WELL.
A CHAMELEON'S FEET ARE HIGHLY ADAPTED
TO MOVING AROUND IN THE LUSH JUNGLE.
THEY HAVE FIVE TOES.
THREE OUTER TOES GRAB THE OUTSIDE OF THE BRANCH
AND THE TWO INNER TOES ACT LIKE THUMBS.
MOST ALSO HAVE PREHENSILE TAILS THAT CAN WRAP IN COILS
AROUND LIMBS TO HELP THEM MAINTAIN THEIR BALANCE.
WHILE A CHAMELEON ISN'T EXACTLY BUILT FOR SPEED,
WHEN IT COMES TO HUNTING, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE.
IT JUST NEEDS TO BE ACCURATE.
THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S EQUIPPED WITH AN AMAZING TONGUE
THAT'S UP TO TWICE THE LENGTH OF ITS BODY.
ALL IT HAS TO DO IS SHOOT ITS TONGUE OUT
LIKE A FLESHY HARPOON AND BRING IN ITS TASTY MEAL.
FOR SOME SPECIES,
THE TONGUE CAN REACH THE PREY IN 0.07 SECONDS.
NOW THAT'S GRABBING A QUICK BITE TO EAT.
LIKE A LIVING MOOD RING,
THE CHAMELEON REFLECTS HOW ITS FEELING IN ITS COLORS.
LIKE A GOOD FASHION DESIGNER,
IT'S ABLE TO COMMAND BOTH LIGHT AND COLOR.
IT IS TRULY A SIGHT TO BEHOLD, IF YOU CAN SEE IT.
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE,
EACH OF THESE CREATURES GETS THE LAST LAUGH.
THE STICK BUG,
THE LIONFISH,
THE EMPEROR SCORPION AND THE CHAMELEON
ARE ALL GETTING AHEAD WITH TRICKERY,
USING CAMOUFLAGE AND CHANGE TO EAT AND NOT GET EATEN.
THEY PREVAIL AND THEY LOOK GOOD DOING IT.
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