Another amazing documentary! It's really an added value to only enjoy the sight and sounds of nature and read minimal information (which doesn't prevent to go look for more if interested)! They are fascinating creatures in colors, behaviors, diversity and environment adaptation!
First of all, great mini-documentary. I can't imagine that it's very easy to find the little tykes as they wander around the forest. I find chameleons endlessly fascinating and incredibly charming. The teeny little ones are my favourites (Brookesia et al.) Secondly, it's with a tinge of sadness that I watch these programmes because the prognosis is looking incredibly bleak. All the most beautiful and wonderous places in the world are being cleared like there's no tomorrow. It's no coincidence that a lot of the most biodiverse places in the world are also the poorest, meaning that the people have no real choice but to pillage their land and sacrifice their natural heritage to get food on the table. It deeply saddens me. I just hope that humanity will get its act together and help to preserve what's left of our world... before it's too late.
Thank you very much for watching, we are happy that you like our video! We agree that many beautiful natural areas are being destroyed and it is sad...
We all should adopt eco-friendly living style and technologies so that we can enjoy unique species for long time in this world 🌎 😀 because we all share the same world .Great team work of this documentary , well done 👏. From Pakistan 🇵🇰 Shagufta Fahmid
Of the 130 species of Chameleons living on Madagascar, how many of them can cross breed? What purpose does their forward, backward, hesitation type of locomotion signify? Kudos to you for this video.
Thank you for watching! They do this locomotion to get an even better estimation of the distance from their prey so they can shoot their tongue more accurately. The question about cross-breeding is tricky and not sure, much more research is needed to be done, new species are still being described. After knowing which species live there we can study population genetics and find out which species are hybridizing. But in general, you can expect it in cryptic species complexes, we can imagine something happening in Brookesia for example, or some Furcifer, where several species look similar, etc.
Wow, incredible video and footage, you all do a wonderful job. This makes me want to return to Madagascar so badly! I conducted some field work there in 2016. I came across many chameleons including one brookesia, which was a favorite of mine! Great content, keep up the good work.
Beautiful footage. One small correction: we still do not know where chameleons originated; it might have been in Madagascar or in central eastern Africa-the genetic results are unclear, but the current best-supported model is out-of-Africa and not out-of-Madagascar.
Thank you so much, Mark!!! Oh, thanks for this info! I was not checking lately if there are any new studies about the origin of chameleons. The out-of-Africa model estimates the origin of chameleons how long time ago?
By far the Brookesia chameleons are the coolest and cutest ones because of how tiny they are. The one shown there is B. minima but there is a relatively smaller one, B. micra, also from Madagascar. Regardless we need to focus our conservation efforts to all organisms because "as many as possible" is still not enough.
@@LivingZoology Oh wow! You got me lol.... Way too many identical species and even looking at others for tell tale signs are not enough because of the lack of data for distinguishment. They may just be locality specific for a few of those or something. Very Interesting
In memory of all the innocent chameleons we killed as little boys back in the 89s in Kenya😪 it was all out of ignorance and superstition passed onto us. Of course now I know much better. Nothing can take on the beauty of a chameleon. With a macrolens, I can only imagine the pleasure of taking a good photograph
1 false thing I noticed was their tongues actually aren’t sticky.. the tips of their tongue actually suck in (USUALLY) the head of their prey if they’re accurate enough, it’s like a suction cup on a bungee cord :)
Another amazing documentary!
It's really an added value to only enjoy the sight and sounds of nature and read minimal information (which doesn't prevent to go look for more if interested)!
They are fascinating creatures in colors, behaviors, diversity and environment adaptation!
Thank you so much!!!! :)
Tbh chameleons are the coolest animals on earth. I mean pound for pound, there’s nothing that is more magical.
Thank you for watching! :)
NOBODY does a reptile video like y'all.. outstanding as usual guys thanks !
Thank you very much!!! That means a lot to us!!!
Chameleons have always been my favorite kind of reptiles ever.🙂
Chameleons are super cool!!! Thank you for watching this video! 🙂
@@LivingZoology You're very welcome. Much love.
Such a great presentation of chameleons!
Thank you very much!!! Still, it has very small number of views compared to snake videos!
First of all, great mini-documentary. I can't imagine that it's very easy to find the little tykes as they wander around the forest. I find chameleons endlessly fascinating and incredibly charming. The teeny little ones are my favourites (Brookesia et al.)
Secondly, it's with a tinge of sadness that I watch these programmes because the prognosis is looking incredibly bleak. All the most beautiful and wonderous places in the world are being cleared like there's no tomorrow. It's no coincidence that a lot of the most biodiverse places in the world are also the poorest, meaning that the people have no real choice but to pillage their land and sacrifice their natural heritage to get food on the table. It deeply saddens me. I just hope that humanity will get its act together and help to preserve what's left of our world... before it's too late.
Thank you very much for watching, we are happy that you like our video! We agree that many beautiful natural areas are being destroyed and it is sad...
Super cinematography and information!
Thank you very much!!!! :)
Once again i felt like i was part of the Forrest great job 👍
Thank you for watching!!! We appreciate it!
We all should adopt eco-friendly living style and technologies so that we can enjoy unique species for long time in this world 🌎 😀 because we all share the same world .Great team work of this documentary , well done 👏. From Pakistan 🇵🇰 Shagufta Fahmid
We agree that it is very important to preserve biodiversity! Thank you for watching!
Visually stunning even though my favourite is the little brown Brookesia
Thank you very much!!! :)
I own 5 chameleons and this video was a joy to enjoy, you hit the ball out the park
Thanks for watching! :)
@@LivingZoology you're welcome.. thanks for the content
thank you to let me travel in Madagascar ! Nice pictures, nice sound, narration, all at the top as usual !
Very welcome! 🙂 Chameleons are amazing, it was nice to put together a collection of shots from different countries!
I love chameleon. Best pet evr
Chameleons are awesome animals, we agree!
Your videos are perfect. I am a fan of your channel and above all, of your work. Excellent.
Thank you very much! We are very happy that you love our work! :)
My favorite is the Parsons Chamäleon ❤
Thank you for watching!
Fantastic photography of these colorful & amazing animals. My favorites: Parsons, Jackson’s & Cameroon mountain chameleon.
Thank you very much!! Chameleons are such amazing reptiles!
Outstanding the natural sounds along with the excellent filming makes all of your videos stand out, always a pleasure to watch
Thank you for watching this one!!! Not many viewers found it yet. Happy that you enjoyed it! :)
I like the T Rex chameleons!
They are awesome, we agree!
Outstanding!!! Thank you.
Thank you for watching this video! Check out some more on our channel! 🙂
You people do it right every Video.
Thank you so much!!! We are very happy that you think so!
Of the 130 species of Chameleons living on Madagascar, how many of them can cross breed? What purpose does their forward, backward, hesitation type of locomotion signify? Kudos to you for this video.
Thank you for watching! They do this locomotion to get an even better estimation of the distance from their prey so they can shoot their tongue more accurately. The question about cross-breeding is tricky and not sure, much more research is needed to be done, new species are still being described. After knowing which species live there we can study population genetics and find out which species are hybridizing. But in general, you can expect it in cryptic species complexes, we can imagine something happening in Brookesia for example, or some Furcifer, where several species look similar, etc.
fantastic again, I will include the link in my page about chameleons !
Thank you very much!!!
Johnston's Chameleon 😘
or Owen's Chameleon 😍🤩
Yes, those are awesome :)
Fantastic video. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing documentary once again , wish it were 30 minutes long .
Thanks a lot!!! Maybe after some more trips we will have enough footage for a longer version :)
Wow, incredible video and footage, you all do a wonderful job. This makes me want to return to Madagascar so badly! I conducted some field work there in 2016. I came across many chameleons including one brookesia, which was a favorite of mine! Great content, keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for watching!!! Madagascar is awesome, but nature there is dissapearing so fast...We also want to return!
Beautiful footage. One small correction: we still do not know where chameleons originated; it might have been in Madagascar or in central eastern Africa-the genetic results are unclear, but the current best-supported model is out-of-Africa and not out-of-Madagascar.
Thank you so much, Mark!!! Oh, thanks for this info! I was not checking lately if there are any new studies about the origin of chameleons. The out-of-Africa model estimates the origin of chameleons how long time ago?
@@LivingZoology the origin of the family is estimated around the KPg boundary, so around 66 million years ago.
@@MarkScherz I was expecting that, thank you!
T.melleri is my favorit
That is a cool species!
Excelent!
Thank you!!!
By far the Brookesia chameleons are the coolest and cutest ones because of how tiny they are. The one shown there is B. minima but there is a relatively smaller one, B. micra, also from Madagascar. Regardless we need to focus our conservation efforts to all organisms because "as many as possible" is still not enough.
The one we show is Brookesia therezieni :) Yes, conservation is really needed for these reptiles and their habitats!
@@LivingZoology Oh wow! You got me lol.... Way too many identical species and even looking at others for tell tale signs are not enough because of the lack of data for distinguishment. They may just be locality specific for a few of those or something. Very Interesting
@@jaredguerra2222 Yes, distinguishing Brookesias is very tricky! And also most of them are quite endemic to some locality.
This is an amazing video!! Wish I can do the same
Thank you so much for watching!
@@LivingZoology No Problem any tips Of what apps I should use on a phone to edit??
@@Ak.Fishing_ No idea, we don't edit on iphone, sorry.
@@LivingZoology computer?
@@Ak.Fishing_ Premiere or Da Vinci.
In memory of all the innocent chameleons we killed as little boys back in the 89s in Kenya😪 it was all out of ignorance and superstition passed onto us. Of course now I know much better. Nothing can take on the beauty of a chameleon. With a macrolens, I can only imagine the pleasure of taking a good photograph
You are right, so many people have panic fear of chameleons still now! We try to educate them. These lizards are awesome!
Nice video! do you have a Leaftailed Gecko video? or can you make a similar one with. Thanks
Thank you very much!!! We have some footage of Leaf-tailed gecko and we want to go back to get more.
1 false thing I noticed was their tongues actually aren’t sticky.. the tips of their tongue actually suck in (USUALLY) the head of their prey if they’re accurate enough, it’s like a suction cup on a bungee cord :)
Yes, is a combination of being a bit sticky with sucking in the prey :)
one chameleons eat plant?
No, chameleons are predators.
@@LivingZoology is one chameleons live in yeman?
@@tszkinmak6556 Yes, one species lives in Yemen.
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Thanks for watching!
All of them be creeping
Chameleons are beautiful!
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Thanks for watching!
It's even more great if someone narrating it... The documentary are great but boring a little bit.
Thank you, our long documentaries are with narration, shorter videos with text.
Aaahh,.. ok, I understand.
Which chameleon is my favorite??? None. I don’t like reptiles.
Sorry to hear that.