{"id":6634,"date":"2012-08-04T06:50:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T10:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=6634"},"modified":"2012-08-08T08:55:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T12:55:55","slug":"chameleon-or-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/chameleon-or-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Camouflage Cats!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who knew the mood ring made popular in the 1970's was based on the technology of a reptile!<\/p><\/div>\n

Chameleons are probably most commonly known for their ability to change colors to match the environment they are in. While this isn’t completely true \u2013 they actually change color based on light, temperature, and emotional state, it is still quite fascinating and truly impressive. Because\u00a0 chameleon colors are typically green, brown and gray, they coincidentally often match the background colors of their habitat and that is why it seems they have this magical power.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No offense to these reptilian artists, but I actually\u00a0feel cats are\u00a0more the masters of blending to the environment than they are.\u00a0 Or at least indoors. Take a cat outside and they become virtually invisible as they\u00a0do everything in their power to avoid being caught to be brought back in the house. But indoors, the powers of a chameleon cat and the art of camouflage is something we all can relate to. For instance, take any large cat, or a small one for that matter and bring out the cat carrier to go to the vet. They will morph their body to the size of an envelope and no matter how hard you look, even in the most absurd of places,\u00a0you will not find them. That is, until they feel safe and they\u00a0 appear out of thin air, giving you that bored and innocent look of , \u201cWhat, were you looking for me?\u201d Arch back. Stretch. Yawn….<\/p>\n

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Jazz as a kitten - he was convinced we would think he was a WWF action figure instead of a furry cat by stuffing his body in the wrestling cage!<\/p><\/div>\n

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As Jazz got older, he felt the best camouflage for peace and quiet was to imitate himself as a cat...<\/p><\/div>\n

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Peanut takes her cue from Jazz as she tries her best to look like the fierce decorative panther she is sitting on top of!<\/p><\/div>\n

Or how about when you get up in the morning and try to walk across the floor to the bathroom. How many cats will you step on? They just seem to blend into the floor. The same can be said of a chair or couch. How many cats have accidentally been sat on because they look like a furry throw pillow?<\/p>\n

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At first glance, it would look like Zoey is one of the plush toys or pillows on this bed!! Great blending job, Zoey!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Zee doing his best to look like a coffee table...<\/p><\/div>\n

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Harley posing as still as can be as an objet d'art.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Can you tell which fluff ball is Peanut and what are the plush toys?!!<\/p><\/div>\n

Some cats blend with freshly washed laundry sitting on the bed waiting to be put away, some blend with a bed that you could not make because you did not want to disturb a napping kitty, and some will find a way to curl inside a box or paper bag, despite how impossible it seems to their shape and size so that when you go to pick it up off the floor, you are startled to find a very live cat inside!<\/p>\n

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Your basic "cat in a bag" picture. In this case, the culprit is Rolz.<\/p><\/div>\n

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And let\u2019s not even talk about the bedroom closet. How a cat manages to look like an entire wardrobe is beyond me, but it is virtually impossible to find a cat napping in the closet. Or a cat that is hidden atop a high shelf, or low underneath the bed, or tucked inside a drawer…<\/p>\n

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This ingenious cat, Zeuss, is disguised as a Red Sox fan!! Brilliant!<\/p><\/div>\n

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These crafty cats (Peanut and Zoey) could easily pass for another pair of shoes or a scarf!!<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0How about you? Any fun or unusual places your cat becomes a chameleon?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chameleons are probably most commonly known for their ability to change colors to match the environment they are in. While this isn’t completely true \u2013 they actually change color based on light, temperature, and emotional state, it is still quite fascinating and truly impressive. Because\u00a0 chameleon colors are typically green, brown and gray, they coincidentally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365],"tags":[399,1265,400],"class_list":["post-6634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-humor","tag-camoflauge","tag-cats","tag-chameleons"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jazz-on-leopard.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6634"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6656,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6634\/revisions\/6656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}