The Internet is popular on the Internet about a lizard crawling along colored pencils - as soon as it crawls to a new pencil, the color of its skin changes sharply. We decided to check if this video was true.

Videodemonstrating like a chameleon rises on colored pencils and as it moves, changes its color, Place on entertainment sites, video hosting and in social networks. It is popular both in Runet and in the English -language segment of the Internet. For example, in a Tiktok video Sicked Almost 1.5 million likes and 13,000 comments.

Chameleons really possess the ability to change your color. This transformation is possible thanks to two types of cells: chromatophores and iridophores. The former contain pigments of different colors, the latter are responsible for reflection and dispersion of light. Chromatophores and Iridophores provide a wide palette of possible shades, including those that are demonstrated in a viral video.

Original video Published On Instagram* User @pardalischamereon June 21, 2020. The account is dedicated to the life of the Madagascar chameleon named Dali. In the posted photos and videos, it is captured in a variety of colors: saturated Emerald-green, yellow-green, turquoise And almost White. However, in a viral video with pencils on the last frames there is an inscription in Japanese.

Using the recognition and translating services in the picture, you can find out that the last frame is a notification that this is an mounted video.

The same disclaimer is placed in the signature for the video. Moreover, the author of the video in the comments was asked if the colors were edited. He replied that the color of the animal was changed using the Premiere Pro program from Adobe.

On the @pardalischamereon page there is another post, which is a selection of identical video With the same chameleon, and on each animal a new skin color. There, the author also placed the appropriate disclaimer about the use of installation.

Moreover, the change in the chameleon of the color of the skin during moving along multi -colored pencils is implausible. Contrary to a common misconception, chameleons change their color not for mimicry, but for expressing emotions during "duel»Male and courtship in the wedding period, as well as depending on temperatures environment.

Thus, a video that demonstrates how the chameleon changes its coloring, scared through colored pencils is the result of using special computer programs. The author of the video in good faith about this in good faith about this, but in most viral publications it is silent about this, which misleads the audience.

*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.

Correction of September 21, 2023: Initially in this text It was saidthat disclaimer in the video is written in Chinese. However, it is actually a Japanese language.

Image on the cover: @Pardalischamereon, Instagram