Turning green

.
See all the bumpy details by enlarging the photos.

So funny.
This chameleon was lying lengthwise, right on top of the popsicle wrapper.
He had turned so green as to be almost invisible.

Well, yeah, after a long hot dry summer, paper is the only green thing you can find on the ground in the woods.

While I got the camera out, he walked away ever so slowly, but turning brown quickly.
The chameleon looked stiff as a board.
.
You don't see them much around here, maybe just because they are so well camouflaged.
Here is one climbing straight up a green bush, and here is one getting eaten by Lara the cat.
.
For Camera Critters meme.

Fresh chameleon for lunch

.

If you're not squeamish please enlarge some of these photos of the hunt.

The chameleon would have remained well-hidden if he had stayed still. His fatal error was to run when Lara and I started down the old stone stairs. Lara saw him move. .

 

You could almost hear his silent scream as Lara's claws pierced him.

 

Belly up.

 

The tail hung from the cat's mouth as she did what born-in-the-wild hunter carnivores do.

.

As I heard the crunching sounds, a little wave of doubt or even shame passed over me.

Maybe I should have helped the chameleon escape before Lara's first pounce . . . .

instead of my first reaction being "Run for the camera, Dina! For the blog, for Camera-Critters!"

.

Chameleon hide-and-seek

.
This photo really needs to be clicked on to see full size.

Slowly slowly the chameleon inches his way upward.

Other folks are posting their animals at Camera-Critter Sunday. Have a look.