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Show ONE-HALF MAI BE NAPPING Other Half of the Chameleon Wile A.vake at Same Time. To all appenrancea and according to the researches re-searches of th .se best capable of forming an pinion on the subject, the nervous centers In one lateral half of the chameleon go on in- j ! i Iriilly of those on the other, and It has i two lateral centers of perception sensation und motion besides the common one In which , must reside the faculty ..f concentration Notwithstanding Not-withstanding the strictly symmetrical structure ' of the chameleon as to Its two halves, (he eyes 1 move Independently of each other and convey separate Impression to their respective Crn-trs Crn-trs of perception. The conseOUOaoa la that when the animal Is agitate. lis movements resemble those of two animal, or. rather. Itrhapa. two halves of anlniajs glued together Koch half wishes to go Its own way and ! there Is no concordance of action. The i obamslson, tborattse, to the only four legged iraftebrata that Is unable to swim. It be-1 be-1 trmee ao frightened when flippy a J Into eatST tlial all :aculty .f . oncntratlon Is lot and ' tho creature tumbles about as If in a state of Intoxication When a i ham. Icn la undisturbed every i Impulse to motion Is referred to the proper tribunal and the whole organism acta In or- , cordon, e with Its degrees. The chameleon, moreover, may be foot asleep on one side and w.bte awake rn the other Cautiously approached ai night with a candle I so as not to awoken the whole animal at once, the eye turned toward the light will open, begin to move and the corresponding side to .hung.' Color, whereas the other side will I ir-moln for a longer or shorter lime In a torpid, motionless and unchanged state with ' Its eye fast shut. |