I had no idea that chameleons got that big. This guy was about a foot long, not counting the tail. He was huge.

The guide caught a couple of grasshoppers. He would hold them up about two feet from the chameleon. The chameleon would slowly turn his head and look at the grasshopper, and then ZOT! BLAMMO! It had a tongue that was about two feet long, and it would shoot it out with perfect aim and nail the grasshopper. Pretty impressive. It would move too fast for me to get a picture of it, but I got a great video of it that I'll try to post later.

Check out the color on this one.

This guy is blending in with the dirt and plants.

This lemur really wanted to jump on me for some reason. I learned that if a lemur wants to jump on you, there's not much you can do about it. They're really, really quick.

It turned out that he wanted to jump on me so he could check out (and chew on) the little thingie on the back of my hat. If a lemur wants to chew on your hat, there's not much you can do to stop it.

A big lemur liked the salt on my sweaty arm.

very cool pics. Thanks for sharing

Okay, almost done, and then I'll stop bumping this thread.

This is an animal that is righteously cool and knows it.

Check out its hands wrapped around my hand and fingers. No claws, just fingers and nicely shaped little fingernails.

It's pretty big, too.

More mussel collectors, with the mainland of Madagascar in the background and the dog from Little Rascals nearby.

This dog was always running around, and was way cool. His face was exactly half black and half white, separated down the middle.

As we prepared to depart from our little hut, my thoughts returned to home.

ROFL

In case you ever wondered what the coastline of Madagascar looks like.

The main street of Antananarivo. On our second visit, the city seemed much friendlier, though you still had to shake off a few beggars. One little girl, about four years old, followed me for about two blocks nonstop saying "Money money money money money money money money" really loudly over and over. It's amazing how annoying that gets.

Yours truly wandering the streets.