So, Charlie the Chameleon is our new household pet – if you ask me he is definitely an upgrade on the short-lived spiders that Anja began naming! (Though they still do try to take up residence here.) He arrived the other night on the end of a precarious stick sitting mid-air outside the window of our dinner table... turned out to be held by William, one of my Zambian friends. It was funny he brought Charlie over actually because Zambians have some superstitious association with chameleons and are frightened by them - so much so that now we have to warn any guests of his presence in the house.
So now we get home from school and the question is- who will eat first: us or Charlie? His staple diet is grasshoppers - sometimes easy to catch, sometimes not.
So far we have seen Charlie almost a fluorescent green, leaf green, dark green, brown, spotty (when he's scared) and yeah, that's it so far. Apparently the change of colour is more to do with mood than camouflage - shattered my beliefs but it's kinda cool! Anja absolutely adores him, but I am still getting used to this creepy crawly reptilian sensation on my hands - the first time I dropped him, oops!
Today a bright green snake appeared at our doorstep and after majorly scaring my housemates, suffered a brutal death by stick beating. I missed it because I was at the pool with a few Zambian friends, Catherine, Modreen, William and Honour, having lots of fun and trying to teach them to swim :D
We've also had some amazing butterflies around lately. This place is so beautiful in every way! Next week I have holidays (YES!!) so i hope I get a chance to head out beyond Mukinge and see some antelope... that would be sweet!
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