silas.edwin.johnson
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Yeah so chameleons are extremely un-dense. Say we had a hypothetical chameleon that was from snout to vent the same length as your average human being. That chameleon would only weigh 4.27 pounds. I'll show you my calculation, and feel free to correct my math.
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We'll use a male Panther Chameleon for our estimates. They usually have a length of 17.5 cm from snout to vent (no I'm not including the tail because humans don't have tails). They also have a weight of about 200 g on average. On the other hand, the average human has a height of 170 cm.
Size Factor = (170 cm)/(17.5 cm) = 9.71
So, our hypothetical panther chameleon would be 9.71 times its normal size, meaning to find it's mass, we just multiply 9.71 by their typical weight. And yes, this weight
Weight = (200 g)(9.71) = 1942 g
We can divide that by 1000 to get kg, and multiply that by 2.20 to get lbs,
Weight = (1942)/(1000) * (2.20) = 4.27 lb
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If my math is wrong, correct me, but I think this is right. Obviously, a more accurate calculation would use volume, but I'm not about to use the water displacement method on a chameleon, so this will do. Chameleons obviously have less dense bone than humans do, and I'd assume that their muscles and organs could also be generally less dense, but its still a crazy fact.
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We'll use a male Panther Chameleon for our estimates. They usually have a length of 17.5 cm from snout to vent (no I'm not including the tail because humans don't have tails). They also have a weight of about 200 g on average. On the other hand, the average human has a height of 170 cm.
Size Factor = (170 cm)/(17.5 cm) = 9.71
So, our hypothetical panther chameleon would be 9.71 times its normal size, meaning to find it's mass, we just multiply 9.71 by their typical weight. And yes, this weight
Weight = (200 g)(9.71) = 1942 g
We can divide that by 1000 to get kg, and multiply that by 2.20 to get lbs,
Weight = (1942)/(1000) * (2.20) = 4.27 lb
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If my math is wrong, correct me, but I think this is right. Obviously, a more accurate calculation would use volume, but I'm not about to use the water displacement method on a chameleon, so this will do. Chameleons obviously have less dense bone than humans do, and I'd assume that their muscles and organs could also be generally less dense, but its still a crazy fact.
