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Show TWO SIDES OF CHAMELEON One Half May Be Asleep, the Other Wide Awske. To all arpe.ii-aiire nn.l according to the rsearehc" of those fc-t rapabl cf forming form-ing an opinion on the irihject. the DSTVOUl no-rs In on Interal half of th chameleon i gi on Independently of thoyn on the other i sn.t If has two Intoral center. of perception Mnsatlon nd motion hegidrs the common one I In which must reside tho faculty of concen-i concen-i trotlon Not withstanding the utrlctly symmetrical sym-metrical structure nf the chameleon .ia to Its two halves, the eyes move Independently of each other and convey neparut.- Impression" to their respective centers of perception The consequence l that when the animal I" hcI-tated hcI-tated Its movements rescmhle those of two animals, or. rather, perhaps, two halves of anlni.il" glued together. Bah half wishes to go Its own way and there ll no concordance of action. The chameleon, cham-eleon, therefore. Is the only fotir-lenged ver-tabimte ver-tabimte that Is unahl to swim. It becomes so frightened when dropped Into water that all fn ulty of eoneentratlOD Is lost and the creature crea-ture tumbles at. Ml as If In a state of Intoxication. Intoxi-cation. Wh.-n a chameleon Is undisturbed every Impulse to motion Is referred to the proper tni.unol ani the whole organism acta In : rrlar.cr with Its decrees. The eye for ex- ample. that receives the str..n(t-st Impression V.ropngate It to tho common center which then prevail upon the other eye to follow that Impression and direct Its g"- lovvurd the same .ll' ' Th chameleon. moreover, may b fsst asleep on one side ani wide awake ..n the other "aut Ir.inly ntip .nche.l .ti nlhi with n candle so iu not to awaken th. Whole nnl-ma! nnl-ma! St once the eye turned toward the light will open, begin to mov e nnd the COTTSSP n I Ing side to ihang-v col-ir WhSNSS the other g e will remain for a longer OT ihortsr time. In a torpid. motlonle-i and unchanged state, with it eye feat shut. |