It's more like thousands of years of killing them on sight because they look like snakes. There is an African proverb, "One who is bitten by a snake fears a lizard." They even call lady bugs "igisimba" which means "ferocious animal."
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I am serving in the Peace Corps in Rwanda. One day I saw a beautiful Elliot's Chameleon crossing the street, and children were throwing rocks at it(they believe that chameleons are poisonous and a source of dark magic.) I took it home and have had it hanging around in the house for a...