Chameleon babies are tiny

Chameleon hatchlings are astonishingly small, emerging from eggs barely the size of a coffee bean. Among them, Furcifer lateralis, the carpet chameleon, is particularly petite at birth, typically measuring just 3 centimeters in total length, including the tail. Weighing less than a gram, they resemble living threads of color, often translucent and with muted patterns. Despite their size, they are fully independent from the moment they hatch, capable of climbing, hunting pinhead crickets, and firing their tiny tongues with surprising accuracy. Their miniature scales, perfect toes, and rotating eyes are already fully formed—proof that even tiny lives arrive fully equipped.