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jobi
at Sun Jun 10 18:35:06 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jobi ]
The good news is by the time they are adults, they lost most of there ill temperament, at this point a keeper is most likely to get a warning bite, these have no consequence and usually don’t brake the skin, iv hade adults hold on to my hand more then 30 seconds, enough time to get me worry. I can imagine this happening with a croc or water, heck even a Doreanus would leave gashes.
Of course an agree nil would be a hole different story, first it will give ample warning, if one so stupid enough to persist annoying, then the worst possible bite would be a trashing bite witch I believe will tear off skin or digits, monitors can do a death role, but as in crocodilians they only do so for feeding, a fighting animal stays on its feet mostly, good thing for us.
An other good this is about the laws of physics, as you can see these are far from hyenas jaws, they don’t have the muscle mass either, so theirs only so much pressure they can exert, pulling would hurt but holding the neck and pushing your hand farther inn will cause the lizard to let go, as with any carnivorous animals, its physical.
Iv only tried this with gloves for testing my theories, don’t do this unless your in trouble and have no alternative. Any 7 foot monitor will have you in tears taking your will power to do this away from you. It would work with me but maybe not with you?
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RE: Why African monitors are safer… - jobi, Sun Jun 10 18:35:06 2007