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For those of you who knew Luna, knew she had her tail clipped in a cage accident as a baby (not by me :-O) and she was missing about the last third of her tail (what she had she used quite well!). As I was moving Cyrus the other day I noticed that about the last third of his tail seems to feel almost "adhesive." I am sure it has something to do with the physiological layout of scales, skin, etc. but I have never heard or seen it mentioned. I also assume it plays a part in their ability to cling (sort of like Glad Wrap Press & Seal! lol!) Is it my imagination? Most of you have chams will full tails so you may not even notice it. Is there a difference along the underside of the tail?
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1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
1.1 Side-blotched lizards - Ana and Stan for now
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skippy
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh, Died 4/21/06
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha, donated to science 4/4/06
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

You aren't imagining it...the tail is "sticky" on the end.

Neat! I never knew it b/c of Luna. She did really well with what she had so in her case it would have been sheer strength! If you go to the webshots page below it has some funny pics of her hanging on her plant with one foot and her tail. You can also see how short her tail is.

She was one special little girl
Luna just hanging around

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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
1.1 Side-blotched lizards - Ana and Stan for now
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skippy
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh, Died 4/21/06
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha, donated to science 4/4/06
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

Hmm....very interesting. I know Pudge lost the tip in the same type of "cage accident" when we first got her. Of course, it was my fault! It was just a small part.

Kris
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If you get a chance to look closely with a magnifier you can usually see a pattern of ridges almost like fingerprint texture near the tip on the under side. On big chams like melleri it is pretty obvious and almost looks like a little flexible thumb.

I will look with my hand lens (16x). I watch as he climbs the screen on top (upside down, begging to come out and play) how he seems to use "pressure" against the screen since he can't wrap it on anything. Having a cham cham with a full tail is like having a whole new species!
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
1.1 Side-blotched lizards - Ana and Stan for now
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skippy
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh, Died 4/21/06
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha, donated to science 4/4/06
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet