180 AFRICAN ADVENTURE STORIES 



top of its head. Its eyes work on the ball-and- 

 socket plan and roll about in a most comical 

 fashion. The eyes are independent of each 

 other and the animal can look in two direc- 

 tions at once without turning its head; it simply 

 holds one eye stationary and rolls the other for- 

 ward, backward, up, or down to suit its wishes. 



Next to its eyes, its tongue is the most won- 

 derful part of its anatomy, being quite the length 

 of its body. In feeding it perches motionless 

 on a limb and waits for its prey to come within 

 reach. Should a fly or an insect light out of 

 range, it slowly and deliberately walks hand 

 over hand out on the limb, takes steady aim, and 

 with a lightning-like thrust its long tongue 

 darts from its mouth, and the fly is glued to the 

 gummy, club-shaped end and drawn into its 

 throat. 



As one travels along a trail where the bushes 

 overlap, his head frequently comes in contact 

 with these queer creatures clinging to the 

 branches by their feet and their prehensile tails. 

 There they sit rolling their eyes about in oppo- 

 site directions in a most uncanny manner as 

 they survey the various members of the party. 



Dangerous as the rhinoceros chameleon looks, 



