Make a FB page for your Chameleons....

[Starbuck]

Lizards Need Social Lives, Too - Wired Science


... So they can stay in touch with their friends and family!!!! Very cool article. I can't wait to see what else comes out of this lab...

It would be very interesting to see this difference between isolated vs group chameleons quantified; i.e. are there lasting effects of social behavior? Is there a 'forged in hotter fires' theory at play, where chameleons in a group HAD to learn to be more dominant, and had to be quick on the draw in order to catch their food? Maybe those chameleons reared in isolation would display less submission and quicker food prehension if they were kept in a group as subadults or adults as well? Is there TRULY a developmental deficit causing these differences?

Yay, love it!!!

[Starbuck]

The actual paper itself was published in the Journal of Animal Behavior; if you have voodoo powers you can login and give it a read here:

Effects of early social isolation on the behaviour and performance of juvenile lizards, Chamaeleo calyptratus

[marvelfreak]

Very interesting reads. Learn something new everyday.