How Much Is That Doggie In the Window?

So, in days past I told you that

a) chameleons are not known for their sociability
b) sometimes you luck out and get a fairly friendly one
c) there is no real way of predicting the temperament of your lizard

Monk seems to be growing up into a fairly well behaved beast.
he's not friendly, which is a good sign for this particular beast, and he'll turn his back on you or hide behind some leaves for a while if he thinks you're looking at him too much...
but he doesn't ever gape or hiss or bite at us, he's generally happy, and in a good controlled environment.

but he does this wierd thing.
once every few days.

one of us will open his door to chuck some free range food in, and he'll walk straight over to the door, reach across to scuttle up the door and onto the top of his cage. He marches over to the window and then for 30 minutes or an hour he'll be perfectly still, doing this...



Hilarity.

He has all the proper kinds of light he needs in his cage, he just likes that little extra, i guess. his eyes follow people and cars on the street outside the window. when he's had his fill, he puts himself back in his cage and resumes his curmudgeonliness, though sometimes if i'm close by he'll actually walk over and take a march up and down my arms for a minute or two before he retires.