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What’s the smallest The chameleon’s tiny size TONGUE TRAP

and brown color are useful
This mini
living reptile? in keeping it hidden from to fit on the end
chameleon is
predators as it wanders
small enough
through leaf litter on the
forest floor.
of a pencil.

The tail wraps around
branches for balance Chameleons catch prey using
at night when the their long, sticky tongue. The
chameleon sleeps bearded pygmy chameleon’s
up in the trees. tongue is more than twice
its body length of 3 in (8 cm).
Some chameleons can fire their
tongues at prey in one-hundredth
of a second—1,000 times faster
than a sports car can accelerate.

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