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    Chameleon Brokesia Nana

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    Scientists discovered a new species of tiny chameleon, called Brookesia nana, in the rainforests of Madagascar. B. nana is about the size of a sunflower seed and may be the smallest reptile on Earth. Despite its small size, it has a projectile tongue that it uses to hunt mites and springtails. However, its habitat in the mountain forests is severely degraded due to deforestation, which threatens the species with possible future classification as critically endangered.

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    Scientists discovered a new species of tiny chameleon, called Brookesia nana, in the rainforests of Madagascar. B. nana is about the size of a sunflower seed and may be the smallest reptile on Earth. Despite its small size, it has a projectile tongue that it uses to hunt mites and springtails. However, its habitat in the mountain forests is severely degraded due to deforestation, which threatens the species with possible future classification as critically endangered.

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    Scientists discovered a new species of tiny chameleon, called Brookesia nana, in the rainforests of Madagascar. B. nana is about the size of a sunflower seed and may be the smallest reptile on Earth. Despite its small size, it has a projectile tongue that it uses to hunt mites and springtails. However, its habitat in the mountain forests is severely degraded due to deforestation, which threatens the species with possible future classification as critically endangered.

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    Chameleon Brokesia Nana

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    Scientists discovered a new species of tiny chameleon, called Brookesia nana, in the rainforests of Madagascar. B. nana is about the size of a sunflower seed and may be the smallest reptile on Earth. Despite its small size, it has a projectile tongue that it uses to hunt mites and springtails. However, its habitat in the mountain forests is severely degraded due to deforestation, which threatens the species with possible future classification as critically endangered.

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    Yadira Estephania Chandomí Constantino.

    Daniela Jacqueline Trejo Olvera.


    z
    Chameleon
    Brokesia nana
    z
    Scientists discover a new
    species of chameleons with a
    tiny size north of the
    rainforest of Madagascar.

    This species of small reptiles


    is officially known as
    Brookesia nana, or B. nana
    for short.

    This is called a nano


    chameleon and is about the
    size of a sunflower seed, fits
    on the tip of a finger, and
    may be the smallest reptile on
    Earth
    This species is so
    small that it is
    believed to survive
    by feeding on
    mites and
    collembola, which
    + Despite the recent discovery of this
    + There are several
    chameleon, it is suspected that it will
    species that are
    threatened with soon be classified as critically
    extinction: endangered.
    -9 in critical danger.
    -37 in danger of
    extinction.
    + The habitat, the mountain forest, of the
    little Brookesia nana is severely degraded.
    Poverty and population growth have led to
    the clearing of tropical forests to make room
    for agriculture and livestock, this massive
    deforestation affects around 90% of the
    previously forested land of Madagascar

    + The main
    threat to
    chameleons is
    the alteration of
    their habitat or
    forestation.
    + Chameleons with
    large muscles can
    project their
    tongue up to two
    body lengths.

    Your
    tongue
    speed is 5.8 + Despite its small size, the
    m / s reptile has a projectile tongue
    approximat that it uses to hunt its prey.
    ely 13
    miles per + The tongue of chameleons
    hour is a set of elastic bony

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