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FR
at Mon Jun 11 11:42:04 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
Yes, they live to carry out lifes normal functions. All of life, leads or is suppose to lead to reproduction. Passing of the genes, to exsist, continued exsistance, etc.
The REAL problem is, once you see them carrying out a full cycle, you or at least you should understand, that is what THEY DO. Once you see them work in groups, you understand, or at least you should understand, that is what they live for. Even pairs of male work together with amazing grace and care.
These varanids appear to be as social as any animal I have ever seen. I know, science says otherwise. But that same science has not said anything, or seen anything or done anything. To them monitors do nothing, but somehow exsist. Their story is a very weak story, its missing nearly every chapter. Their story is missing what it takes to exsist. So how can that be a story?
Yet in captivity, they exhibit all manner of social tendencies. From pairs to groups, to solitary fruitless individuals. Which is all normal for social animals. Its so very known to science, if you raise any animal away from its own kind, it will have a very hard time enteracting with its own kind. That goes for ants to chickens and humans. But science has somehow forgot that. At least our science guys have.
Our poor naive science fellas need to step back and apply some common sense. You take a flock of birds and add a "new" bird and see what happens? a pack of coyotes? a school of fish? an ant to a new ant coloney? a turtle to an area it does not come from? a snake to a new den? Dudes, where did our varanid science fellas fall off the boat? I know, I know, before it left the dock.
Anyway, you get the picture. If your attuned to behavior, you will soon realize, everything monitors live for is to work with other monitors. Sadly, some think its to walk on a leash and feed out of a dog bowl. Its a good thing T-Rex is extinct, as I would not want to see them feed out of a bowl. Cheers
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RE: You will, then I will keep going - FR, Mon Jun 11 11:42:04 2007