For #InternationalChameleonDay :
Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972)
Stars, 1948
wood engraving on Japan paper, 32 x 26 cm
"Escher writes that [chameleons] were chosen as its inhabitants 'because they are able to cling by their legs and tails to the beams of their cage as it swirls through space.' The chameleon on the left sticks out his tongue, perhaps in commentary; H. S. M. Coxeter observes that the tongue has an unusual spiral-shaped tip." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_(M._C._Escher)
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