My topic is Green Anoles. I picked this topic because I love animals and I am interested in Anoles. Jaclyn, my partner has 2 Anoles. One is named Louise, which she has owned for one and a half years, and the other is named Thelma, which she has had for two years. Thelma is a female and Louise is a male. Before this project, I didn’t have a clue what Anoles were, now I’m researching them and I’m finding out interesting facts all about them!
I actually thought of two questions, but they go together. My questions were to find out How many crickets can Anoles eat in a total of three weeks?… and how will they feel? I thought of these questions because I know that Green Anoles eat crickets. I am going to see how they feel y looking at their mood of color on their skin. My hypothesis is that the green anoles will eat all of the crickets, and be miserable. So far I know that if the Green Anoles are green, they are in a happy mood, when they are brown they are in a angry or miserable mood.
Now, I found out that green Anoles can very from gray to brown, to bright green. I also found out that they are referred to as “chameleon”, because of its ability to change color, although these reptiles, Green Anoles, are not true chameleons. Then I found out that Green Anoles do not only eat crickets, they eat spiders and small insects also.
First I gave the green anoles 24 crickets. Next I found out that they ate 11 out of 24 crickets the first week. Then I tried to find out their mood of color, and they were bright green. Later I found out that the Anoles weekly amount of crickets is 11, after this investigation. Finally, I predicted that if they were to eat all 24 crickets, they would become sick.
After this experiment, I found out many facts. One fact I found out was that when you feed Anoles 24 crickets in 1 week, their mood will be still fine because they only ate 11. The anoles are also better off eating a weekly of 11 crickets.
Maybe next year a student can try this investigation. My advice for them is to keep track daily. One area we wanted to try was to feed the Anoles different insects and see which one they like best by their mood of color, but we didn’t have time to investigate that hypothesis. A question a future student could ask could be “What is an anoles favorite insect to eat by looking at their mood of color?” I hope your future KIC project comes to success also.