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[John33871]

well my little guy, who im naming lil jon lol, has been doing very good and started eating more and more. i was watching him look at his food and to me looked like it was in his range of fire, here is my question, do they know how far they can shot their tongue or do they just try to get as close as possible? i dont know this maybe a stupid question, just a little curious. anyways thanks!

 

[pohchunyee]

A chameleon's tongue is as long as its body length (head to tail) or more. It can shoot its tongue very far. Chameleon usually will stalk its prey till within tongue shooting range. The further they are... the more unsuccessful it will be.

 

[John33871]

makes sense, just curious, lol

 

[pohchunyee]

Oh yeah.......one thing about Cup Feeding, chameleon tends to get lazy and looses the ability to shoot their tongue.