I am ignorant of Varanids and I was only pointing out that not all books (as I do not know You or Varanids) are accurate as you would agree. I found your work IMPRESSIVE to say the least and the post had nothing to do with you on a personal level. In falconry (which I feel I know inside out and backwards) 99% of all the books on Falconry out there have a very narrow scope of what someone understands and they instead of having sound information quote others that are just as lacking in actual knowledge on the subject they are sharing. To much filler in most books. I have found this trend to be true throughout the book writing arena and am trying to get people to think for themselves instead of relying totally on books. I found you work to be exceptional as I could use most of the information put forth.

I learn the most by finding what works for someone and watching, listening and applying so I might draw my own conclusions. I use books and a mentor system and I build from there. I realize just because I breed the daylights out of coachwhip snakes I could get a big head and say well I can breed anything since I am one of the only people in the United States that can breed them and produce offspring consistently up through F2 generation. I have to stop myself and say “if I am honest” that I know nothing about Varanids. My questions to Frank were childlike because mentally I realize that everything I know about reptiles is squat and I will have to have the attitude of starting from scratch to succeed. I put me in an awkward situation but I now understand the basics and it has little or nothing to do with books. Again your work is a world apart as I see it so far. One honest question for you have you learned anything you would change in your books? Did you learn it from other books or someone tweaking the rules?
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