LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M YELLING AND HISSING AT YOU! (he's thinking, "Does she ever shut up?")

Karma Chameleon 1983
Culture Club
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=078VM6JrpkQ

Chameleons, like most animals, have been around a lot longer than humans, which explains why we find references to this reptile in the oldest available written sources. The Akkadians—an ancient culture that dominated modern-day Iraq over 4,000 years ago—called this lizard nes qaqqari, literally "lion of the ground," and this usage was picked up unaltered by subsequent civilizations over the ensuing centuries: first the Greek "khamaileon," then the Latin "chamaeleon," and finally the modern English "chameleon," meaning "ground lion."

As if their zygodactylous feet weren't enough, most chameleons (except for the very smallest) also have prehensile tails to wrap around tree branches. Their tails afford chameleons greater flexibility and stability when climbing up or down trees and, like their feet, help brace against the recoil of an explosive tongue. When a chameleon is resting, its tail is curled up into a tight ball. Unlike some other lizards that can shed and regrow their tails numerous times throughout their lifetimes, a chameleon can't regenerate its tail if it's cut off.