I have a wildlife zoo

Chapter 270 When the Chameleon Meets the Rainbow Candy

seeing the panther chameleon hide behind the leaves, the visitors gradually dispersed to look at other animals.

daigo looked at the half of the chameleon's body sticking out from the leaves and stroked his chin, musing, "hmm, aren't chameleons supposed to change their body color to match their environment? the enclosure here has brown tree trunks and green leaves, so why would its body turn red and yellow? and there's even blue on it, how does it change to that?"

lin hao shook his head somewhat puzzledly, indicating that he wasn't very clear about it either.

the educational exhibit signs in the reptile house were relatively fewer because of the large number of animals present. apart from animals like the chinese giant salamander, which were given more focus, not every animal had a detailed exhibit sign—just a picture of the animal, its habitat, and a simple introduction were provided.

the educational signs were generally located at the corners of the gallery walkways, mainly introducing a certain category of animals!

lili browsed more casually, not examining each exhibit box as the two men did. she hardly looked at lizards and little turtles that seemed dull and plain, only admiring the animals with higher visual appeal and beautiful appearances for a long time.

by this time, she had moved on ahead and quietly called the others, pointing at a sign in front of her: "hey, look, there's an explanation for why chameleons change colors!"

the sign began with two very interesting questions!

if a chameleon were placed on a neon light that continuously changed color, would the chameleon keep changing its color until it died of exhaustion?

if someone threw a handful of colorful rainbow candy towards a chameleon, what color would it become?

daigo was immediately startled: "holy shit, who comes up with these ideas? lovers of chameleons express strong condemnation towards neon lights and rainbow candy!"

lin hao couldn't help but comment: "the chameleon says, 'i might not be human, but you guys are really dogs!'"

they didn't rush to read the reasons but first pondered on their own.

the first question should be a no, right? if it really kept changing colors until death, it wouldn't be dying of exhaustion, but rather of stupidity.

throwing rainbow candy—would it randomly turn into some color, or keep changing colors?

however, he soon dismissed that idea because they had just witnessed an example of the chameleon changing color. the enclosure contained tree trunks and green leaves, yet the chameleon turned red and yellow, which had nothing to do with the environment!

the information on the sign explained that in the biological world, colors originate from two sources: pigment coloration and structural coloration!

daigo chuckled and said, "yeah! especially the environment of the exhibit hall, it's fantastic. i think anything looks interesting in such a beautiful exhibition space."

lizards, turtles, chameleons, frogs, snakes, all kinds of animals from various environments are kept together. after all, to the average visitor, the differences don't seem very big, and if one type of animal were only kept in one area, it would become visually tiring after a while.

mixing them together like this helps maintain a fresh visiting experience.

as lin hao wandered, he was again attracted by a python in a large display case.

the enclosure boasted richly layered green vegetation, with fresh green moss and ferns at the bottom and climbing figs creeping up the back walls, with a few glistening dewdrops on the leaves, as if it had just rained, bringing a wave of moisture to the face.

it was as if a corner of the tropical rainforest had been captured inside the enclosure!

several pieces of driftwood were artistically arranged, and on a horizontal trunk slightly above eye level was a heap of green python.

it was draped more than entwined, in the shape of two outward nested "u"s, with its head resting in the middle of the "u", its tail not visible.

in the white eyes, there was a black line, probably the pupil of the green tree python, which looked as if it was about to break, giving it an immovable, sleepy appearance.

on its neatly aligned scales, there lingered some clear, shiny droplets, like freshly rained-on bamboo, vivid and enticing, incredibly beautiful!

"what a beautiful snake!"

lin hao was awestruck once more and bent down to look at the label below.

green tree python, native to places like australia, a small, arboreal species of python!

adults generally don't grow beyond 1.8 meters.

a family of three passed by, and the little boy stared at the green tree python, exclaiming with unrestrained joy, "mama, look, this snake is so pretty!"

the mother, looking scared, clutched her husband's hand, "oh no, don't let me see snakes; i just can't stand them, they give me the creeps."

after admiring it for a while and seeing that the green tree python looked fast asleep, motionless, lin hao moved on to see other animals.