If people understood they are gregarious, then they would allow them from a young age, as you would all social animals. Consider, what you happen if you raised any social animal without contact with its own type. You do know don't you, they fail, just like monitors raised that way.



We raise our monitors in groups, and we do not have anti social problems.



For instance, I breed lacies. That means I raise Lacies, they have huge teeth that are very sharp. They are very aggressive feeders, Yet I feed them with throwing food in with groups. They do not fight for food. The reason is, they learned how to feed together from a very young age.



On the otherhand, if I raise them singlely, then after they are adult pair them up, then throw in food, they tear eachother to pieces. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm they display social ignorance.



This is but one behavioral trait that is modified by them learning from a young age. There are many.



Now if you compare monitors to other social animals and treat them the same, you will see similar results. Raise them together, they get along, raise them apart, they don't. Works with dogs too. Cheers

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