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Someone Just Noticed That Chameleons Will Hold Onto Anything You Give Them, And It’s Hilarious
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Someone Just Noticed That Chameleons Will Hold Onto Anything You Give Them, And It’s Hilarious

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As it turns out, chameleons can entertain the crowd even when they’re not changing colors. Michigan-based artist Emma Ward has shared pictures of her pet reptile Olive grabbing tiny weapon props and the internet just couldn’t handle it.

Emma’s tweet has been liked almost 400,000 times and retweeted nearly 170,000 times, making Olive one of the most popular chameleons on the web. It even got a photo-response from a flying squirrel owner whose pets share the same hobby!

“Knowing she likes to grasp anything that goes in her hands, I thought Lego swords and Evangelion weapons would be an interesting idea,” Ward told Chron.com. She got the nearly 2-year-old Olive in April 2016 from a reptile exhibition in Detroit, and they have been best friends ever since.

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    Soon, other animal lovers whose pets share the same hobby  responded

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    People even started imagining what adventures Olive would take her new inventory on

    And while the army of like-minded reptiles grew

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    With many adorable chameleons joining in

    The number of their admirers climbed as well

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    Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Author, BoredPanda staff

    Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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    g90814
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not flying squirrels... they are sugar gliders. You'd think the owner would know the difference.

    Debra Kennedy
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely. If she doesn't even know what they are, how the hell is she giving them the right food and care?

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    Daniel Losinger
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the internet couldn't handle it, then why are people on the internet liking the photos and retweeting them?

    Talia Johnson
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am really fed up of phrases like 'the internet couldn't handle it' - clearly 'the internet' can.

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    g90814
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not flying squirrels... they are sugar gliders. You'd think the owner would know the difference.

    Debra Kennedy
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely. If she doesn't even know what they are, how the hell is she giving them the right food and care?

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    Daniel Losinger
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the internet couldn't handle it, then why are people on the internet liking the photos and retweeting them?

    Talia Johnson
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am really fed up of phrases like 'the internet couldn't handle it' - clearly 'the internet' can.

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