Cha-me-leon – Noun. /ka-mel-yen/

Often attributive

: A person given to often expedient change or facile change in ideas or character.

"What type of animal do you see yourself as?" asks the interviewer. 

Like all questions there are two basic ways to answer: A. tell the truth or B. give the response you assume the enquirer wants to hear. I chose B. 

"A Panther." A large predatory animal is always the best answer, most choose the stereotypical Lion, Tiger, or Great White. I choose Panther because as it rolls off the tongue it supplies the correct answer and resonates nicely to the listener as it strikes their auditory nerve. 

I like Panther's a lot. They are stealthy, deceivingly powerful, and travel alone. Those characteristics suite me. As much as feel like I could easily fall into this genre of feline, I know I am more reptilian. I am a Chameleon. Chameleon's are survivors. Four legged fighters who have overcome fifty-eight million years of change. 

They are nature's original liars. Their lies are not of the complicated multipurpose variety. No, they do not use their deception for evil. They use it to survive, to last another day in a cruel world. The jungle is full of predators. Exposing one's true self, especially weakness, results in only negative outcomes. The sides are clearly divided inside the triple canopy of chaos; Predator or Prey, Carnivore or Herbivore, Nocturnal or Diurnal. Yet, the Chameleon chooses only to blend; claiming  no side, citing no loyalties, placing only survival on a pedestal. 

Even when answering questions the Chameleon replies with the answer that allows him to most fit in. A master of not only disguise but also reflection. A prefect trait for a survivor who inhabits a narcissistic world.