"I am so lonely without Michael" |
Yesterday, however, our landlady invited me to "come see what the cat brought in." She'd rescued another chameleon from the cat (who thought it was a play-toy) by wrapping it up in a towel. She was planning to tuck him into the bromeliads and camellia bushes near our front door. I protested, offering to re-unite the three-horned colorful male with his mate pining away in the olive tree.
Lunel taking Michael to the olive tree |
"Mahalia - hang on, I'm coming home" |
Meet the Jacksons -- Michael and Mahalia! Of course we're reading up on their preferred habitat, food, habits, life-style and sex life.
Perhaps one of the reasons there are only two (that we have discovered) is that the babies are born as tiny creatures -- not in eggs and the offspring are often gobbled up by hungry parents. The adults can grow up to 15" and live over 10 years. They are chameleons, so spotting them up on the olive tree isn't easy, and when the local nesting hawks fly over, they quickly scurry under a branch and tuck their tails up in a tight spiral.
Phil introducing "Makenzi" |
*** HOLD THE PRESSES!!
Just in from a trusted source The Village Voice (reporting from makai side Volcano Village) This monogamous reptile family has turned out to be a menage a trois! Meet the "other woman" newly arrived at the olive tree. Her name is Makenzi Jacksons.
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