>> These varanids do organize, they do group and segregate. They preform many of the events that are included in being soical. They also display many of these social appearing abilities, Where do they get them? Do they make them up? your so very foolish and unscientific if you think they can simply make them up. Sir, that is wrong, and science will stand behind me on this. An animal cannot make up new behaviors. You simply do not understand the animal.

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I finally just figured out. You really have not seen any of this in nature. You have only seen it in captivity! I would laugh, if I did not waste time responding to this garbage. Sure! Science will stand up behind you on that one? Even though no one in history has ever seen this in nature? So, who is the one that is going to stand up for you on this? No evidence other than what you have seen in a box over 10,000 km from their home ranges in an environment that is not anything close to what they would be found in?



Monitors can not change their behaviours in captivity? So we can go up to monitors in natures and rub them on the neck; we can just pick them up? This is why your V. prasinus used to dig burrows (so V. prasinus is actually fossorial because it happens in a box in the SW American desert?- you say they can not make up a behaviour). You see where this is going?



I am so happy. All I have to do now is set my monitors in some nice enclosures now. I do not need to go in the field and observe what they do, because all of this can be seen in their enclosures. One problem though, what they do in the confines of a box thrown together is not what they will always do in nature. Their behaviours ARE modified.



As far as the babies go, I do not see them often in my local area. I have not seen them often in most areas; however, in one study area I do see them. I found the same individual hatchlings (yes, individuals) of different populations, separated by km’s in the same area (within a district of a province) I previously found them almost every time over weeks and guess what FR? There were not any others for at least 100m, sometimes 100’s metres. So, no the babies do not ‘hang out’ together either.



Yes, I am quite aware that you can make up your own definitions. I have not even visited this forum for a year and have seen you redefine many terms. It is just too bad that no one else seems to call you on it, but seeing your behaviour when you do redefine well known terms, maybe I can understand. I suppose they are just happy to see you drown in your ignorance of their meanings.



Cheers



(Just thought I would post a picture that had nothing to do with the subject also, but it least it is from an area where monitors are found)

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