Anole Dance Craze From The 1920s

In the 1920′s, there was a dance as popular as the Charleston, but it was about anoles! Admittedly, it was called the “chameleon,” but clearly it was based on pictures of an anole, and you can evaluate the dance moves yourself to decide if they were more anole- or chameleon-like.

Apparently Luke Harmon, who brought this video to AA‘s attention, is an expert at many of the moves involved in the dance.

About Jonathan Losos

Professor and Curator of Herpetology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. I've spent my entire professional career studying anoles and have discovered that the more I learn about anoles, the more I realize I don't know.
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3 Responses to Anole Dance Craze From The 1920s

  1. Rich Glor says:

    We need to start lobbying the Harmon family to make a video of themselves doing this dance! I see the first anole-related viral video in their future:)

  2. Peter Mudde says:

    I saw some headbobbing in anolis-frequency..

  3. Julian Alien says:

    Dagnabbit! David Icke was right.

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