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... man, what'sup with all the non Florididians trying to tell us what we have and what we don't.
Sorry, but I'm blowing the whistle on this one (and yes, I'm non Florididian
) True chameleons have their fingers fused, so they only appear to have 2 fingers. They also have a REALLY long tongue. There are other key features exclusive to true chameleons, but I won't go there (for now
)What you took a picture of is an anole. Due to their limited (emphasized for a reason) ability to change color, they are sometimes called "American Chameleons". To be more precise, you took a picture of a Cuban brown anole (Anolis sagrei), which has pushed the native green (or Carolina) anole (Anolis carolinensis)population farther north due to intra-guild predation and competition for food, since their niche overlap is high.
You can look it up on a Herpetology textbook (under Iguanidae) as Anolis sagrei, or in older texts as Norops sagrei. You might like to look up this page as well.
Nice pic, though
EDIT: sorry if this sounded harsh... it wasn't my intention!
I sit corrected.
Don't worry - I have alligator hide for skin; not sensitive at all, and I'd rather know the facts than think I'm right in error... just been callin 'em chameleons for 39 years now... older I get the more I learn. My wife is a scientist, knows all the latin names and such. I'm just a tree huggin surfer loving God's creation!
edit: oh, speaking of alligators...
got one in the canal out back.
Don't worry - I have alligator hide for skin; not sensitive at all, and I'd rather know the facts than think I'm right in error... just been callin 'em chameleons for 39 years now... older I get the more I learn.
My wife is a scientist, knows all the latin names and such. I'm just a tree huggin surfer loving God's creation! edit: oh, speaking of alligators...
Wow, I'd love to have an alligator nearby! I'd take so many pictures of it... My mom would probably freak out, though.
I think I have a match for your gator:
An 8 foot long, 50 cm wide (diameter) female Eunectes murinus (that's an anaconda for those who have a life besides studying, unlike me )
She doesn't like to be held... learned that the hard way
I think I have a match for your gator:
An 8 foot long, 50 cm wide (diameter) female Eunectes murinus (that's an anaconda for those who have a life besides studying, unlike me
)She doesn't like to be held... learned that the hard way
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I think this egret was trying to run off all the other birds in the area but it looked like he was dancing!
I'd love to be able to see egrets that close up! That won't happen until they clean up the dam nearby... great shot!
How's Chomper? He's probably the size of your hand by now
How's Chomper? He's probably the size of your hand by now
The birds are fearless around here. Humans (fishermen) feed them often and they don't even flinch when I stalk up close to them. It's really quite distressing when trying to catch bait in a castnet, the pelicans mob the catch right away!
As for chomper, I haven't seen him for a while since returning him to the canal from where he came... he was polluting my fish tanks at an alarming rate and getting big enough to swallow his tank mates.
I'm sure he's doing fine and I have seen his mother 'mama snapper' recently. Here's another bird at the sanctuary in St. Augustine.
I stand corrected
srf4real, any more nature pics you're willing to share? Most of mine are insect macros... I'd love to see what other people take pics of!
You mean snappers like this one?
Exactly, those are the snappers I had in mind
Here's an Argiope argentata (female) that just catched a grasshopper
I normally shoot birds, that snapper was hoping to catch one of these:
I dunno how I've missed this thread 'til now... Some really amazing shots. Wish I could shoot like y'all.
So in the summer, I went to a safari in northern California (near Napa)... these are wild animals (for the most part) but it's a rather neat set-up they've got going on...
So this fella is a Greater Kudu:
A couple of waterbucks (I think)... the white ring that you might be able to see on the female's rear is a trait that all of these animals have (both males and females, young and old). It serves as a bit of an "emergency" rallying flag-- when there's a crisis or predator, the animals look for more of those "butt rings" and gather together forming a more formidable mass. Their other defense is that they produce a strong musk that most predators learn is not very tasty.
Anyhow, our guide told us that this particular species, the East African Crowned Crane is believed to have existed for over 40 million years! I didn't care too much for the adult bird (it kept getting unnecessarily close to me, hee) but I got a huge kick out of the "baby" that tried to eat this poor woman's diamond ring, and then her jacket button.
A couple other birds...
Tortoise havin' a snack:
This ostrich was so nosy! Stood well over 6 ft. tall and almost bit a little girl riding in the truck!
And this was just so irresistibly silly:
So in the summer, I went to a safari in northern California (near Napa)... these are wild animals (for the most part) but it's a rather neat set-up they've got going on...
So this fella is a Greater Kudu:
A couple of waterbucks (I think)... the white ring that you might be able to see on the female's rear is a trait that all of these animals have (both males and females, young and old). It serves as a bit of an "emergency" rallying flag-- when there's a crisis or predator, the animals look for more of those "butt rings" and gather together forming a more formidable mass. Their other defense is that they produce a strong musk that most predators learn is not very tasty.
Anyhow, our guide told us that this particular species, the East African Crowned Crane is believed to have existed for over 40 million years! I didn't care too much for the adult bird (it kept getting unnecessarily close to me, hee) but I got a huge kick out of the "baby" that tried to eat this poor woman's diamond ring, and then her jacket button.
A couple other birds...
Tortoise havin' a snack:
This ostrich was so nosy! Stood well over 6 ft. tall and almost bit a little girl riding in the truck!
And this was just so irresistibly silly:
These are a couple of my shots from the Florida Everglades.
More gators
Going fishing
Everglades Gallery. I just got the site up and running, so there will eventually be lots more Florida wildlife.
More gators
Going fishing
Everglades Gallery. I just got the site up and running, so there will eventually be lots more Florida wildlife.
Awesome! I'd like to use the giraffe for my January 2007 desktop!
very nice.
That gator I posted is a fifteen footer that lives at the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine.
I played with some PSE brushes and made this one...
edit: and an adult on the fence post. I couldn't get him to blow up his huge red throat or whatever it's called.
He is right...those are not chameleons. They are anoles. The ones that change green are not true chameleons either. The bigger lizards with the curly tails that you see more and more here in South Florida are actually from the Bahamas.
The art of nature far exceeds the art of humans, imop!
Here's another big gator on the farm in St. Augustine...
Here's another big gator on the farm in St. Augustine...
These are a couple of my shots from the Florida Everglades.
More gators
Going fishing
Everglades Gallery. I just got the site up and running, so there will eventually be lots more Florida wildlife.
Those are awesome shots
As are all the others posted on here. Very cool thread.
Thanks... it was my first real day with the camera, and I forgot to lower the
e/v after playing with it the night before. Beginers mistake I guess