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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Oct 30, 2020, 12:58 PM Oct 2020

Scientists find Madagascar chameleon last seen 100 years ago

Talk about good camouflage!

Scientists say they have found an elusive chameleon species that was last spotted in Madagascar 100 years ago.

Researchers from Madagascar and Germany said Friday that they discovered several living specimens of Voeltzkow’s chameleon during an expedition to the northwest of the African island nation.

In a report published in the journal Salamandra, the team led by scientists from the Bavarian Natural History Collections ZSM said genetic analysis determined that the species is closely related to Labord’s chameleon.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-find-madagascar-chameleon-last-seen-100-years-ago/ar-BB1axLhH?li=BBnb7Kz

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Scientists find Madagascar chameleon last seen 100 years ago (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 OP
Guess as a chameleon he was able to hide well for a century Pachamama Oct 2020 #1
"Where the hell were you guys?" TlalocW Oct 2020 #2
Swears he never heard of Boy George. Sneederbunk Oct 2020 #3

TlalocW

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2. "Where the hell were you guys?"
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 01:17 PM
Oct 2020

"I told you to meet me by the big rock under the tree on the edge of the jungle. Do you know how long I've been waiting?" the chameleon was quoted as saying when speaking with the scientists.

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