Do Chameleons Hear?

[John33871]

Can chameleons hear things? just curious

 

[kinyonga]

You asked if chameleons can hear...yes. Some detect vibrational sounds and some do produce vibrations which may or may not be heard.

Here are some sites with information...
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0115747/hearing123.htm

http://www.anapsid.org/reptilehearing.html
"There is some evidence that some (or possibly all) true chameleons produce very low-wave sounds that may be used to communicate."

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-64810/sound-reception
"The chameleons, of those species studied thus far, have only a few sensory hair cells (40 to 50) in the auditory papilla."

Chameleons hooting...
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5014/hoot.html

The hearing of several different species of chameleon has also been studied and differences in the hearing mechanisms found in the different species.

 

[John33871]

thanks, that very interesting information

 

[ChameleonsTree]

Whether they can hear me or not i still talk to them...lol...yes i know i'm weird.

 

[Scrappy]

Guess I'm weird too cause I talk to mine as well

 

[John33871]

yes me too, he doesnt talk back so sometimes hes better than my girlfriend, LOL!!!

 

[pikebomb]

Whether they can hear me or not i still talk to them...lol...yes i know i'm weird.

dude I have convo's with my cham bruce...lol hes a part of my fam

 

[hallenhe]

Thaxter *must* hear because he obeys me! - Of course, the primary command I give him is "Now, you be a lizard while I'm gone." But he's never once failed...

 

[Sancho]

https://www.chameleonforums.com/can-chameleons-hear-20007/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/can-chameleons-hear-19796/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/do-chameleons-hear-1934/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/can-my-chameleon-hear-103/

 

[BigR]

mine buzzes at me with about the same force as my cellphone vibrating

Though I've never had much faith in the "For Dummies" series

 

[BocaJan]

My male buzzes and my females make a little squalking noise. Someday I will record it.

 

[Grizz]

i would say that there hearing is nominal. my roommate has 500watt paradigm system. it shakes things off the wall, Morken doesn't seem to be bothered by the overall sound or even massive vibration. unless he is sleeping that seems to make him react. even then he just moves to a part of enclosure that is not near wall. then he goes back to sleep mode. on the other hand we have a door that squeeks real bad that he seems to hear whenever it opens. so i would have to say they can hear some frequencys.

 

[Grizz]

https://www.chameleonforums.com/can-chameleons-hear-20007/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/can-chameleons-hear-19796/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/do-chameleons-hear-1934/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/can-my-chameleon-hear-103/

being able to search requires above 50 IQ. I just don't qualify! but thank you for the patronization. im sure all us idiots thank you too. to claim intelligence proves a lack there of.