Hey there, friends, and welcome to episode 239 of Just the Zoo of Us. I know we don't normally do

back-to-back guest episodes, but it was very important for this episode to come out today,

because this episode is all about hyping up chameleons in preparation for the first ever

international chameleon Day, which is, as of this episode's release,

tomorrow Thursday, May 9th. So I got to talk with a biologist who has spent his career

studying chameleons and working to promote their conservation, and he gives us all the juicy

details about the weird stuff,

like their ballistic tongue projection,

color changing and how cartoons get it wrong,

eyes that move independently of each other,

prehensile tales that act like a fifth leg,

and so much more, it is a wild ride, and you're going to love it.

Just the Zoo of Us presents Chameleons with Dr. Chris Anderson. Hello everybody. This is Ellen Weatherford and welcome to Just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal review podcast.

I'm so excited this week to bring a brand new friend to talk about some incredible animals that we've like touched on on the podcast, but it was a really, really long time ago.

So I'm excited to get some more in-depth insight into these amazing animals this week. This is our brand new friend, Dr. Chris Anderson. Say hi, Chris. Hi, thanks very much for having me. Thank you so much for being here to talk about these awesome animals. Chris, if you don't mind, what are your pronouns? He and him. Thank you so much. I am so excited to talk about chameleons, first of all, because we have an exciting publicity

festival for chameleons.

Can you tell me a little bit about International Chameleon Day?

Yeah.

So there's all kinds of special days that have been designated for various topics.

And, you know, there's various days for different types of animals.

One of those was World Leamer Day, which has been going on for a few years now and it's been

really successful for promoting education and conservation outreach for lemurs and

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