Chameleons invade homestead

[Chris Anderson]

Its always interesting to see how chameleons are perceived in other parts of the world. Here is an article from Swaziland about a family confused/concerned about chameleons laying eggs on their property: http://www.times.co.sz/index.php?news=15295

Chris

 

[Dean Pulcini]

Maybe they were depositing eggs there before it was his homestead. It always amazes me how the obvious is overlooked because of superstition.

 

[luevelvet]

He said his family was confused by this and would consult traditiona-lists.

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I wonder what the outcome of that discussion was?

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[fluxlizard]

lol- I don't know what is more humorous to me- the fact that something that I would think was wonderful is worrying this family so much, or the fact that it was considered a newsworthy concern or event by a news organization advanced enough to publish the story on the internet.

 

[gpmo]

Makes me wonder what in the familys homestead was so attractive to the chams.

Gpmo (him)

 

[Todnedo]

I didn't realize that people that lived in dirt floor huts had watches or clocks

 

[Lloyd Heilbrunn]

Its always interesting to see how chameleons are perceived in other parts of the world. Here is an article from Swaziland about a family confused/concerned about chameleons laying eggs on their property: http://www.times.co.sz/index.php?news=15295

Chris

Damn, and I was going to drive down to Homestead and catch one.....

 

[Ellron]

I would be ecstatic if random chameleons showed up at my house!

 

[Seeco]

Someone needs to tell them the chams will eat pests. I wonder what species?

 

[xanthoman]

its hard for those of us who are fond of chams to really imagine them as a pest, but chams are considered bad luck by some african tribes. i too would be interested in knowing what type of chams were involved, that would be sweet to be under attack by chameleons. jmo

 

[jpm995]

Imagine if their pigmy chams. How wimpy would that tribe be? "run for your lives", maybe even a "when pigmy's attack" special on tv.

 

[Red Island]

Damn, and I was going to drive down to Homestead and catch one.....

I was thinking the same, Homestead, FL!

 

[Chris Anderson]

Someone needs to tell them the chams will eat pests. I wonder what species?

its hard for those of us who are fond of chams to really imagine them as a pest, but chams are considered bad luck by some african tribes. i too would be interested in knowing what type of chams were involved, that would be sweet to be under attack by chameleons. jmo

The only egg laying species in Swaziland is Chamaeleo quilensis. Some scientists from southern Africa claim they are not Ch. quilensis but Ch. d. dilepis, but the occipital lobes of these populations are definitely not Ch. d. dilepis.

As has been mentioned, there are a lot of superstitions about chameleons in their native range. While we all think they are ridiculous, these people were raised in many areas to fear them and consider them to be bad omens.

Chris

 

[hallenhe]

Familiarity breeds contempt (or perhaps suspicion, or fear). I'm delighted every time I see an anole or a Mediterranean gecko, but I've lived all my life in states where lizards simply don't occur, or are vanishingly rare (saw one six-lined skink in northern IN once, and just missed the one y husband saw in MI). I get the impression when I've been in AL or LA that most people who live surrounded by anoles aren't thrilled by them.

 

[draetish]

It takes special people to be LIZARD LOVERS!

 

[sandrachameleon]

People can be wary of anything - and its kinda ignorant to be rude and condesending about it. People in North America, who may be well educated, are afraid of spiders (even the totally harmless ones), snakes (even when metres distant and whether or not they are harmless), birds, bees, heights, mice, eating insect grubs...

 

[chameleonneeds]

Theres nothing suspicious about this. The chameleons just need a place to lay, I bet if they looked up in the trees every now and then they would see tons of chameleons.

Most the black native people of south africa/ africa are scared to death of chameleons, they think they are eveil spirits or something like that.

Had my chams out in the sun the other day and a garden service was at my house, I spotted like 5 guys standing around the cages just watching the chams. Was funny haha

 

[Melleri]

I saw this video on youtube.

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

I think it might be related with the invasion.