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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* In [[Michael Crichton]]'s ''[[Jurassic Park|The Lost World]]'', the Carnotaurus had extremely complex colour-changing abilities, being able to mimic the appearance of its surroundings, including a chain-link fence. |
* In [[Michael Crichton]]'s ''[[Jurassic Park|The Lost World]]'', the Carnotaurus had extremely complex colour-changing abilities, being able to mimic the appearance of its surroundings, including a chain-link fence. |
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** As an aside, Chrichton was aware of how -to put it gently- unlikely this would be. He explained that he decided to essentially turn Carnotaurus into [[the Predator]] just to see how [[Steven Speilberg]] would handle the effects in [[The Film of the Book]]. (And then they aren't included in the film, which goes in a completely different direction. Cue sad trombone.) |
** As an aside, Chrichton was aware of how -to put it gently- unlikely this would be. He explained that he decided to essentially turn Carnotaurus into [[Predator|the Predator]] just to see how [[Steven Speilberg]] would handle the effects in [[The Film of the Book]]. (And then they aren't included in the film, which goes in a completely different direction. Cue sad trombone.) |
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* Similarly, it appears as though Ceratosaurs have this ability in ''[[Age of Reptiles]]''. It's a tad bit jarring. |
* Similarly, it appears as though Ceratosaurs have this ability in ''[[Age of Reptiles]]''. It's a tad bit jarring. |
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* The Eric Carle story ''The Mixed-Up Chameleon'' has a chameleon that behaves as a normal chameleon does, until it visits a zoo one day and suddenly starts wishing to be more like the animals it sees, which ends up turning it into a [[Mix and Match Critter]]. |
* The Eric Carle story ''The Mixed-Up Chameleon'' has a chameleon that behaves as a normal chameleon does, until it visits a zoo one day and suddenly starts wishing to be more like the animals it sees, which ends up turning it into a [[Mix and Match Critter]]. |