Chameleon on the head of a match

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This fellow is Brookesia micra, a tiny chameleon species newly discovered on the island of Madagascar. Seen here is a juvenile, but even an adult only reaches approximately one inch long. According to National Geographic, "Scientists (from Germany's Zoological State Collection) think the diminutive new chameleon species might represent extreme cases of island dwarfism, whereby organisms shrink in size due to limited resources on islands." "Unmatched Among Chameleons?"

Tiny, adorable lizard is tiny, adorable - Boing Boing

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phisrow

That is very clearly a ‘don’t push me, mammal, I will strike this matchhead’ look.
Stooge

Now that’s what I call a portable barbecue.
Gibletparade

Puts me in mind of the old Ivor Cutler piece: “A fly crouching in a sandwich, cannot comprehend why it has become more than ordinarily vulnerable”.
- http://www.fatjerry.com Dimmer
  
  Ah, dear Ivor! A name I never thought I’d hear of outside of Bonnie Scotia.
Paul Bowen

“Got a light?”

“Sure…oh, bugger.”
http://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher-Lee/100001074475538 Christopher Lee

SQUEE!
xzzy

And then his nails rub a little too much against the match head and ignite it, horrifying the photographer as the mini chameleon wails in pain and dies.
- EH
  
  My money’s on sulfur poisoning!
allium

“It enters through the ear and wraps itself around the cerebral cortex, making the victim very susceptible to…suggestion.”
joelogs

Didn’t Maggie already post this on February 16? Still adorable though.
- John Callender
  
  Yup. Those who forget the Boing Boing posting stream are condemned to repeat it.
http://avarana.blogspot.com MarlboroTestMonkey7

Too small for a snack. Lucky.
thecardcheat

How did the scientist discover this lizard? It’s not something they’d easily trip over.
irksome

While it’s not a strike-anywhere match, I still predict that this will end badly.
Marktech

even an adult only reaches approximately one inch long

So what’s that in terms of sumo wrestlers?