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Re: Wild life sightings at ancient sites
Jan 22, 2010, 01:39
While researching for a trip to Malta last year I learnt that there are chameleons on the island. Thinking that this could be my one chance to see one in the wild, I took a morning off from visiting the ancient sites in order to go to a nature reserve where they are often seen.

I saw one!

It was within the branches of a shrub, so it wasn't green, as I'd expected to see, but a dark brown, the same as the branches. Mission accomplished, I hot-tailed it to Hagar Qim and Mnajdra neolithic temples. To my disappointment, Mnajdra was closed, so I walked around the site outside of its surrounding fence.

I saw another one!

This chameleon was on the ground, within 50 metres of Mnajdra, and it was green. So I was lucky enough to see two in one day, in different settings, sporting distinct colourings.
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