Bob,
Your paper is awesome man. While I was typing up my post about problem solving I was actually thinking about your paper. I honestly feel there is a fine line between instinctive and cognitive. I think it is more open to inerpretation than it is clearly cut.

I also agreed that varanids can learn basic things like where to find their food and how to get it. I dont consider that abstract thought. It is basic for their survival. Like I said Bob, and you know this, varanids are not mindless beings. However I do not feel they are super intelligent either. At least not as intelligent as some of their owners make them out to be. Every animal has some level of intelligence. They are only as intelligent as they need to be.

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