Extreme close up video of a veiled chameleon shows how quickly it can catch its prey with a single flick of its tongue.

The clip filmed February 15, shows Yoshi, the pet chameleon of wildlife enthusiast Stuart Hamilton, eyeing up the locust and shooting out its tongue, managing to catch it.

Stuart filmed the clip of his pet and told Newsflare: “The chameleon's tongue can extend twice as long its body, and he eats a variety of insects such as crickets, cockroach, mealworms and locusts.”

This is a video of a Veiled Chameleon (sometimes known as a Yemen Chameleon) shooting out its tongue to catch some prey. the prey it has caught is a locust. The chameleons tongue can be as long as twice the length of its body. The scientific name of this chameleon is Chamaeleo calyptratus. This video was recorded by myself as the chameleon is my pet. The chameleon has some amazing colour change ability which it uses to display its mood or for defensive features.