Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1902 — A Chameleon’s Bite. [ARTICLE]

A Chameleon’s Bite.

The bite even of the largest chameleon does not fetch blood, though the teeth leave indentations. I often, says a naturalist provoke them to bite me in order to observe their habits, and only once, when one caught me between the where the skin is tender, was 1 really hurt Ufi this occasion the-thfng held on so persistently and firmly that I could not for some time free my fln'.ger. At last I was obliged to call some one to get it off by forcibly opening its mouth. Even then |t did not pierce the skin. Its teeth are too fine and regular, but the dotted trangular impression of the little teeth was very red and distinct for some minutes.