Chameleon

Any one spending some time in East Africa is likely to see a chameleon. In Uganda, the Baganda call them "Nawolovu" and most of them are terrified of these creatures and will not any amount of persuation touch them.
The best known characteristics of the chameleon is perhaps is ability to change colour depending on its sorroundings but this is not only peculiarity. Is toungis long and warm llike can be suddenly extended for a distance greater than length of creatures own body. Insects, perticulary flies, which adhere to the sticky club shapped tip of the chameleon's toung are then drawn into its mouth. the eyes are set on prominent cones, whichh are covered with skin except fore the little pupil. Oppenings at the end. each eye moves indepently so that while one eye is seeing where the next foothold is , the other is looking arround for food. its momthe earth ooents are slow and deliberate, perhaps to help in the concelment that is attained by the change of colour to much the sorroundings.
The eggs of the chameleone are laid in the hole in the ground. The female digs the hole  during the day.She uses her froont feet to collect up the earrth,which is then pushed under body towards the back limbs.When a small pile has collected under the middle of the animal the rare feet push the earth as far as back as they can reach.The process is continued until the hole reaches about seven ins deep a process that takes about sevven hours.The actual laying of eggs usually take place at night and the hole is then covered up again.
One of the myths that sorround the chameleone is that the female dies soon after giving birth.Onother popular myths is that if you a chameleone on a red surface it will burst both these are in fact untrue.