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Do chameleons show camouflage to protect themselves from predators or are there other reasons?🦎

 We all knew chameleons for their property of changing colours. And we also knew that they change their colour to blend in with their surroundings to protect themselves from predators.

🦎But that is not the actual reason why they change their colours, it is one of them but not the actual reason.

🦎So chameleons change their colours to change their body temperature to adapt to their surroundings as we know that they are cold-blooded animals.

🦎So they change their colour to a dark colour to absorb more light and heat, likewise, they change to a lighter colour to absorb less heat and light which makes it cool.

🦎They even change their colours to exhibit their mood.

🦎They also change colours to bright colour to attract the opposite gender for mating.

🦎But usually they tend to stay in their natural green colour.


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