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A Chameleon’s Race Against Time | Madagascar | BBC Earth
A Chameleon’s Race Against Time | Madagascar | BBC Earth
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The bearbab's scrappy branches suddenly
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begin to put out a first flush of green
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leaves. They're drawing on the precious
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water they've stored in their fat
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trunks. There will soon be rain here,
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and the bearabs sense that it's coming.
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There's a scent of rain in the air.
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Other life is beginning to stir.
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This little chameleon has not long
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hatched, but already it's in a race and
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it has one of the strangest strategies
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of all for dealing with the extreme
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dryness.
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They are labour's chameleons and they
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only live in this part of the island.
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This little male already has a voracious
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appetite,
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although this spider may be beyond him.
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These strange little chameleons have the
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shortest life cycle of any land
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vertebrate in the world. They spent the
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last 9 months underground inside an egg
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and now they have just 8 weeks to grow
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to adult size.
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They will have to grow more than a
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centimeter a week.
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There is no time to waste. Conditions
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are so tough that living fast is the
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best strategy. By the time the rains
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begin, his life will be almost over.
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In fact, the rains have already started.
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Only a splash, but a sign of a deluge to
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come.
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For now, it's barely enough to wet the
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ground, but it's enough to bring the
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mouse lemur females out of hibernation.
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And the males are getting themselves
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ready for them.
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They only have one chance to mate during
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the entire year. Tonight's the night,
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and they can hardly wait.
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It's understandably competitive. These
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two males are fighting outside a
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female's tree.
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One of the males tries his luck with
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her.
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A swift left hook seems to make her
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feelings clear.
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But he persists.
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And she finally allows him in.
