Chameleons in Madagascar w/ AMNH's Chris Raxworthy

[pnwgeographer]

madagascar...this time chameleons.... can you see them?...no.. incognito.. but I still wonder.. how did they all get there and how exactly did they multiply into the variety of animals that are there today.. and still being found..

[edotuxly]

very very

very

interesting

[kmtbcom]

interesting vid !!

[grimwatcher]

I thought he was saying comedians at first!

man that would be one hilarious YT vid... hey shut up I call dibs on that idea. TM.

[mytv80]

he kinda looks a bit like a chameleon. weird???

[Shaunt1]

I wonder why there are so many chameleons there.

[sabertooth1980]

Because a small population arrived on or was on this island when it once part of the African continent. Then as life evolved and adapted, new niches were found and exploited. The Chameleons found a great number of these to explore and due to their excellent camouflage ability, thrived and multiplied in numbers.

That's generally how most island species work. A plot of land in an isolated place,life finds it by accident and it takes advantage of what the island gives. Generations pass. Life adapts