Chameleon Mummified Alive by the Tropical SunEven reptiles adapted to hot environments can succumb to heat stress, a concern as the world warms, experts say. Death by desiccation may be unpleasant, but it makes for a lovely corpse. Such was the fate of an unlucky Indian chameleon that apparently died while trying to drink from a pipe that had been turned off. Writer and wildlife filmmaker Janaki L
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