...Ecology of Chameleons The chameleon is 1 of the rare organisms that evolved to change its skin color in order to survive, with the ability to hunt from over 11/2 times its body length away. The chameleon is forced to interact with many organisms to survive. All these interactions have formed interspecific relationships with these organisms. Although the chameleon is not limited to one ecosystem, it has different species that have evolved to be in several ecosystems. Because the chameleon has these different branches of the chameleon family over the world, it is unlikely that the chameleon will go extinct any time soon, unless the rapid destruction of their habitats starts to increase. In other words, the chameleon family is a healthy species of reptile that will be able to thrive as long as the environment. A chameleon interacts with all kinds of organisms. It will eat almost any bug that will fit in it’s mouth or get caught by its bullet-like tongue. This is predation where the dominant organisms will take advantage of its prey and hunt it and eat it. This is a (-,+)situation where the prey obviously suffers from dying and being eaten while the predator thrives and survives. Although, the chameleon is not the dominant species. It is hunted by monkeys and other larger omnivores/herbivores. This puts it on the negative side of the predatory...
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...Essay Chameleon is a short story written by Ranbir Sahot. It´s a forbidden love story, where an Indian girl and an English boy are in a relationship. The main charcrecter is the Indian girl called Rita, she has lived her whole life in Britain and got British values. None of the parents thinks that Rita and Mark the boy can be together because of their cultures. Mark comes from a white catholic home and his parents thinks that he needs to find a girl “that´s not” Indian girl. Rita´s parents lives after the old tradition in Indian were the parents choose the husband for their girl, but Rita has grown up in Britain and don’t understand the old Indian traditions, she wants to pick her own husband and if she have to choose it will be with mark. Rita as a person is living a double life. She is with her English boyfriend Mark, who she cannot be seen with in public, while she is with her family who is trying strenuously to find an Indian husband to her who knows the traditional Indian values and will treat Rita with Indian manners “You need an Indian boy from a good family who will respect and look after you, not like those white boys” where this quote explains the point of view her parents have on her. In the start of the short story Rita sort of obey her parents, even though she would never marry one of the guys. In an argument with her mother, Rita is showing a rebellious behavior by saying “So it’s okay for him to expect me to be beautiful, fair and virginal or demand that...
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...Chameleon It is always difficult for two cultures to meet and have a mutual understanding. Things like religion, traditions, food etc. are all values which have to co-operate in order to make two cultures work together. In ‘Chameleon’ there is a clash between Indian culture and English culture. The clash happens between an Indian girl, named Rita, and her family. Rita is very well integrated in the English culture. She is so well integrated that, until she is twenty-four, she sees herself as white even though she is Indian. “I was white in every way, apart from my skin colour – I listened to white music, wore white clothes and ate white food; and I was white enough to marry Mark.” She believes she is white, because she lives and acts as a white person would do. When Mark tells her that his mother doesn’t approve her as a girlfriend, she is shocked and confused. Mark tells her that it is because she is not a Catholic, when she asks him that she maybe could convert, the real problem hit her. “It doesn’t matter that I’m not a Catholic, does it?” She realizes that she is not anymore white as her skin colour allows her to be. She is bewildered about Mark’s parents’ decision. “Your parents are liberal, middle-class people – they’re not supposed to be racist.” She can’t believe that his parents could make such a decision. The group which Rita has tried so hard to be a part of has rejected her. Rita despises her family’s traditions and doesn’t accept the fate which her parents...
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...there favorite food is beetles and praying mantis. The way they hide or turn invisible is by their front layer of skin. It is clear and that lets them be able to change their color. To blend in with their surroundings, the chameleon is a sleek creature unique because of their tongue their tongue is like a sticky trap that shoots 5 feet far because of its long tongue it has a very big advantage.So you might say that you like chameleons but you might say you don't like them but in all they are pretty cool. Baby chameleons are very small and very weak they don't have much protection when they first get out of the egg. They are also...
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...Chameleon Living or Nonliving Something is considered living when is can move, breathe, and reproduce. If it can’t do those things and more it’s considered nonliving because they don’t have any kind of life in them. These aren’t the only factors that could prove that it’s living or nonliving there’s a lot more but these can be considered the basic factors that can determine this. The seven criterias of a living thing are growth and development, reproduction, adaptations, cells and organizations, energy, response to stimuli. For example a chameleon is living. It’s living because like humans chameleons grow and develop just like any other living thing. Chameleons are born out of eggs but not like bird eggs, reptile eggs are leather-like and...
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...speak, this time the detectives draw a bead on the origin of the sounds, and immediately their attention focuses on the hole they just dug. A sudden chill rushes through Jenkins’ spine when he hears Burroughs unexpected response. “It’s coming from the hole.” The flashlight reveals the source of the utterances. “How in the hell, can voices be launched from a shallow hole recently dug in the ground without the help from some occult doing? Jenkins reports. A sharp noise gets their attention as something is moving in the bushes the two quickly aim their guns in the direction of movement. “Who’s there?” Burroughs demands while standing in a defensive position. There is no answer as the shadows construct the perfect environment for the chameleon to hide in the darkness. Despite the cover of darkness, the two can see that someone or something is moving slightly in the shadows, and with that fact, it could be enough to solve this case. Jenkins has a deep gleam in his eye, squinting at the bushes in an attempt to get a glimpse of what may have cause the movement. However, the dark surroundings of the trail are causing him much difficulty. Beams from the flashlights brightly seek out the unnerving patches of the area. The beams seek out the supernatural the abnormal mumbling voices and optimistically are seeking out the past. *** We see Fillmore Rosé silent, sitting patiently in his jail cell, his hands interlocked, and his eyes closed. A police officer approaches the cell. “Okay...
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...“A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form of color of things about him” - Fredrick Douglass. This quote connects to my life, US History and To Kill a Mockingbird by adapting. The chameleon is an animal who could adapt to its surroundings according to his environment. Jem is a character in To Kill a Mockingbird who adapts to his environment. When the colonies and settlers moved in they adapted to make the U.S what is today. Even in my own life I have to adapt to my surroundings. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem is a character who adapts to his environment in order to fit in. To fit into Maycomb, Jem had to understand what kind of environment he is in. He noticed that everybody was spreading...
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...animals living in a jungle where only the strongest can survive. The business or organisation in this case represents a system which is open to and interacts with its environments. Open systems have four specific characteristic which make appropriate for these business .The first is the interchange between the system and its environment, secondly an open system is made up of a range of variables and a complex network of interrelationships. Thirdly for control the open system use anticipatory management which involves the anticipation of errors and problems before they come (Laszlo,1996). Fourthly, open systems are flexible and dynamic in nature for they move away from prescribed and rigid standards This paper seeks to explain how the chameleon model strategy as proposed by biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy in the 1940s, and furthered by Ross Ashby (1956) is, relevant and appropriate in the survival of organizations in an ever-changing environment. The model was developed following the logic of the system theory. A system view considers an organisation as a set of interacting functions that acquire inputs from the environment ,process them ,and then release the outputs back to the external environment (Daft,2001). The system‘s identity and nature is directly and indirectly influenced by its environment which helps determine its orientation. Whilst the chameleon’s characteristics can easily be perceived to be negative when compared to human behaviour, it is important to note...
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...Reconciliation Era. CHAPTER TWO The night was still young, the animals had gone to sleep already, the stairs glittered gloriously like they smiled at the sky, the trees waved from one end to the other making the leaves fall gently upon the soil. The movement of the sea was as though it danced to the tune of the wind, the night felt cool with nature playing its role. Upon a rock was King Lion, watchful, gazing around his powerful kingdom. King Lion paved round and round, from one tree to another, then from one river to another. He was old but still had a very bright eyes and the strength of a vibrant youth. “You are not sleeping my King” the chameleon said moving to where the King stood. “I am old” the King said resting on the giant feet of a rock. King Lion watched the sea sway at a distance in the night, the moon had never ceased to give them...
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...Hanna remained living with their mother... This is her story… During her ten play therapy sessions Hanna played out her ‘muddles’ and fears metaphorically, using figurines, sand and water. Within the safety of the playroom Hanna developed her story of three chameleons who lived in a river. One chameleon in particular feared the threat of the crab, who continuously tried to pull the other chameleons out of the river. Hanna told me how the chameleon could not sleep at night for she had to keep watch over her friends; she was tired and scared. Week after week Hanna played her story, expressing and exploring her inner world at her own pace. I sat quietly besides her, touched by her vulnerability and perseverance. I gently reflected the emotions surrounding the characters and expressed my empathy for the struggle the chameleons faced. I 'wondered' aloud about the needs of her characters. Gradually Hanna discovered the needs of the chameleons, ways to make them feel safe and ‘unmuddled’. As Hanna began to transfer these ideas and coping strategies into her own world, her story progressed… The chameleons were nourished and cared for – they spent entire sessions eating “special vitamins” until, one day, the chameleon who had been tired and afraid was no longer so. She felt safe in the knowledge that she knew where her friends were when they were not in the river and in her knowledge that they would return…and finally Hanna too, felt safer and...
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...Yavuz1 Zeynep YAVUZ PSYC 102/8 Teoman Ertuğrul TULUN 15.02.2013 THE CHAMELEON EFFECT Nonverbal communication is a big part of people's interaction and it includes mimics, gestures, body postures and so on. People who are good at affecting others through their speech always use nonverbal communication tools successfully. The chameleon effect can be described as “ ...unconscious mimicry of the posture, mannerisms and facial expressions of one’s interaction partners” (Bargh, Chartrand 893). In this experiment, Chartrand and John Bargh wanted to show how much people mimic others' body language, whether it has a casual affect on increasing liking and if open minded people are much more affected by chameleon effect or not. Chartrand and John conducted 3 experiments about that subject. In the first one the question is: “Do people automatically mimic others, even strangers?”, the second research question is: “Does mimicry increase liking?” and the third one is “Do high-perspective-takers exhibit the chameleon effect more?” (Dean “The Chameleon Effect”). In the first and second experiment, the independent variable which is changed by experimenters to see if it has a casual effect is the use of mimics by the confederate. In the third one, the independent variable is being able to empathize. Dependent variable which is measured to see if it is affected by independent variable is respectively: mimicking others' body language, the increase of liking when mimicking increases and the degree...
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...ectotherm's metabolic rate is largely dependent on the temperature of its environment because, they are organisms that allow their internal temperature to mimic that of the environment they are inhabiting (Wyse, Hill & Anderson, 2009). Ectotherms control their body temperatures primarily through behavior. Contreras & Bradley (2011), found that as the temperature increased the metabolic rate of insects, which are ectotherms, increased; thus showing an expected linear relationship between temperature and mass-specific metabolic rate. The metabolic rate of an ectotherm can be measured by analyzing the oxygen intake per unit time per unit mass, using a respirometry system. In this lab the metabolic rate change of an ectotherm, a chameleon, was measured through indirect calorimetry. Indirect calorimetry refers to a set of known conditions to which an organism is exposed (Buffenstein, Lemons, Levitt & Hanks, 2015) in a closed chamber. These conditions include the animal diet, the animal’s diet is known, no anaerobic metabolism, the change in body oxygen stores over the measurement period is minimal, the animal is at...
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...person to discover the pulsar, which are stars that release regular bursts of radio waves (CSU, n.d.). Jocelyn Burrell’s discovery was a milestone in the history of astrophysics (CSU, n.d.). In addition, she was involved in the construction and operation of the telescope and was responsible for monitoring and interpreting the recordings of radio transmissions once the telescope had become operational in July 1967 (CSU, n.d.). Summary of the Article An international team of astronomers have discovered new information about a star that man has been cognizant of for over a decade. This star, called PSR B0943+10, operates in a different fashion than any other pulsar found to date, and is being called a "Chameleon Star" due to how it changes its appearance. According to Chameleon Star Baffles Astronomers (2013), "The scientists identified a pulsar that is able to dramatically change the way in which it shines. In just a few seconds, the star can quiet its radio waves while at the same time it makes its X-ray emissions much...
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...was because her childhood was defined by a feeling of isolation. She also said “It does seem easier now for Asian immigrants to be themselves; a good deal of progress has been made since the early 1980s. At the same time I think the negative idea of the “foreigner” still persists—not just for Asian immigrants, but for many nonwhite immigrants and their descendants, people who continue to be asked: “Where are you from? I mean, where are you really from?”” My generalization of this book is that Bich struggled during her childhood simply to “fit in.” Stealing Buddha’s Dinner reminds me so much of The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle. (I used this example in a previous assignment but I feel like it fits so well into the main theme of this course.) Bich is fixated with the idea of trying to assimilate herself into the American culture. In The Mixed-Up Chameleon, the chameleon (Bich) sees all of the animals at the zoo and (her peers) wants to “be like them” in some way. She goes to great lengths to eat American food and take an American name and dress the way other Americans do. I see many similarities between the feelings of lonely segregation that Bich felt and those of the students discussed in the case studies throughout our textbook. Works Cited Nguyen, B. M. (2008). Stealing buddha's dinner: A memoir. Penguin Group USA. Stealing buddha’s dinner . (n.d.). Retrieved from...
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...White Chameleon The complete review's Review: White Chameleon is an autobiographical play, focussed on Christopher Hampton's youth between 1952 and 1956, most of which he spent in Alexandria, Egypt. There is a narrator to the play, Christopher, looking back on the events of that time, as it were, and a young boy -- Chris -- at the centre of the play. (Hampton also emphatically states in his stage directions: "CHRISTOPHER and his FATHER must be played by the same actor", making for an odd double-perspective of father and son.) It was a tumultuous time, between the Egyptian Revolution and the Suez Crisis. Christopher's Father (as the character is called in the play) was a Cable & Wireless engineer, and loved his life in Alexandria. The comfortable idyll is shattered in the years covered in the play: not brutally extinguished, but just bothersomely made impossible, the true ugliness first not taken too seriously (because it is avoidable, among other reasons) and ultimately simply left behind. Young Chris doesn't understand much about the goings-on. Shuttled back and forth to the supposed safety of England, he's an outsider regardless of where he is -- a wog, always trying to fit in, to whom England is more foreign and unwelcoming than Egypt. He is, of course, like the white chameleon of the title: trying to change his appearance to blend in. A major figure in the Egyptian household is Ibrahim, the company servant with a weakness for alcohol and two...
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