battle of the chameleons??!?!!?!

ok there is a kid at school who told me he just got a jacksons and a friend has a panther (both are males) so they were talking about FIGHTING theit chams to the DEATH and whoever wins gets money i have to stop them .how!?!??!?!?!?!?
my mom said its none of my buissness but i cant let them harm those poor creatures

chameleonboy1 said:

ok there is a kid at school who told me he just got a jacksons and a friend has a panther (both are males) so they were talking about FIGHTING theit chams to the DEATH and whoever wins gets money i have to stop them .how!?!??!?!?!?!?
my mom said its none of my buissness but i cant let them harm those poor creatures

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Hopefully they are just full of hot air, people talk just to hear themselves sometimes. When they see that they are getting a reaction out of people, it just makes them want to talk more. Most kids don't have $300 to spend on a panther chameleon just to let it fight (do they ever REALLY fight anyway?). I would ignore them. If you see it happening, that's a different story, then tell someone. But ignore the talk

besides we all know the panther would win and the jackson would back down atleast in color battle for dominance

Tell them that it is a totally unfair fight unless the chams weigh exactly the same -- just like in wrestling or boxing or MMA.

Maybe the best way to discourage them is to say there won't be much to watch because they are completely different species and won't see each other as rivals...they will probably just run away from each other or not react.

Now of course if I'm totally wrong someone could get hurt!

I'd alert the school and see if you can get them to call home...

can you beat either one of them up? i'm kidding but not really they already sound like barbarians so accomodate their mentality

I'd file a report thats no different than dog fighting. I highly doubt there serious no ones got 100+ dollars for an animal to kill. But I'd do It anyway to teach the shits a lesson.

if you know where they live go steal em

I battle my Jacksons once in a while...closely monitored though, so it's mostly just a shoving match. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spYJvPCI1Vw

ChamBust said:

I battle my Jacksons once in a while...closely monitored though, so it's mostly just a shoving match. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spYJvPCI1Vw

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Can't one of them get hurt by the horns? They came awfully close to the eyes, I would never do this myself.

KarmaChameleon1337 said:

Can't one of them get hurt by the horns? They came awfully close to the eyes, I would never do this myself.

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yeah, i mean i'm standing right there when it happens...which has only been a few so far. but i just feel like they deserve to get out every once in a while, and once they're getting tired, i break them up and put them back.

Ya, even right there their horns are extremely close to their eyes. Would you be able to break it up if one gouged into the counter's eye? It would be too late then. Not to berade you but I really think that's a bad idea.

yea....i dont think its good idea to make them fight.....ever

ChamBust said:

I battle my Jacksons once in a while...closely monitored though, so it's mostly just a shoving match. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spYJvPCI1Vw

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pretty cool vid

i could see this actually being psychologically beneficial especially if you do it shortly before a mating session. and of course if you break it up so they both feel like theyve won, lol.

i was scared at first about the horns as well but it looks like they know exactly how to lock in and avoid any injury.

why on the grass though? seems like it would make more sense to put them on a branch fight probably would have ended sooner too.

ChamBust said:

yeah, i mean i'm standing right there when it happens...which has only been a few so far. but i just feel like they deserve to get out every once in a while, and once they're getting tired, i break them up and put them back.

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I enjoyed watching your video. I love jacksons but we don't seem to have them in canada

you guys do realize that chameleons fight in the wild like that, its natural and a part of how males are made to be. it probably has its benefits.

Flapenn said:

yea....i dont think its good idea to make them fight.....ever

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these arent veileds or panthers they obviously arent trying to to bite one another, theres even a point where the ones leg/foot goes in the others mouth and he backs his head out a little and closes his mouth. 1:08 is where it happens in the vid, hes obviously not interested in causing any real damage

theyre also build for bouts like this. like veileds and panthers are all show and if someone dosnt back down the fights could get messy but the jacksons are just locking in and doing what comes natural. i think the fight would have been over in like 15 seconds from someone getting flipped off a branch, if it had taken place on a branch.

LOL and good job panning the camera away at lik 1:22 when the one totally flips the other

lilbug said:

you guys do realize that chameleons fight in the wild like that, its natural and a part of how males are made to be. it probably has its benefits.

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you do realize that when it happens in the wild injuries can also happen right? what he's doing is not nature but man made chaos. the downside outweighs the positive if there even is any. you want to watch chameleons fight then watch videos that are already on youtube instead of creating another one yourself. thumbs down on the video