Hi WillStill,
anyone who`s seen the "Lizard Kings" film cannot doubt the intelligence of these animals. There have been precious few studies done on intelligence in any reptile, it`s a great shame that people like Gregg have such closed minds, almost a "Victorain" attitude to these animals: "Reptiles are just slow, dimwitted creatures, incapable of any sophisticated action, fuctioning mainly by instinct, and much inferior to mammals and birds". NOT true!
By the way, they have been doing more "intelligence" tests with Varanids, though the results have not yet been published, I wait with interest to see the results.
Prof. Dr. Tsellarius was truly amazed at what he found during his 15yr studies, previously believing what I`ve stated about reptile behaviours.
Varanids are surely at the top of reptilian evolution...

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