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jsshouldbeworking t1_iwvhp1y wrote

Reply to comment by SkyKnight34 in do we know how chameleons "see" Things with two independent eyes? Is it integrated? Side by side? by VivendusMoriendumEst

Yes!

And if you have ever seen a skink/chameleon/lizard bounce up and down (looks like doing pushups), they are doing the same thing that we do with our two eyes. They move their head to two different positions, and use the paralax to figure out what is in the 'depth' dimension. (Some people also say that they do this in courtship or for displays of dominance, which could also be true.)

It's like the GIFs that alternate between two perspectives to show depth, like this

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dupe123 t1_iwvnd7e wrote

In spanish, pushups are called lagartijas, which comes from the spanish word for lizard (lagarto).

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