Ok, with all my wars with academics, I should be be last to defend them. hahahahahahahahaha

Many if not most, of the papers written by field researchers are good in that they report what they see. What happens after that is whats goofy.

Many papers attempt to make conclusions with math and not observations. With these, I would avoid them.

Field researchers are not academic, they are actually doing something. To be a good researcher, your task is not to figure out anything, but instead to take data. After lots of data is gathered, then it becomes academic, as that information is usually not applied to anything.

This type of research is never tested. That is, its not proven with captives, or tested on wild populations. Or is it normally duplicated with other populations. As far as I can tell, the only reviews or testing, is to make sure their math and spelling is right. Not if the information produces results.

Even with that understood, that information is good in its own context. Not necessarily our context. Where we must produce results. This is where my "discussions" with academics start. I simply chose not to use "goofy" out of context data, and heres the good part, in leiu of solid data gain with my captives. Which means, if my captives tell me they are social, then social they are(if they are successful that way). If they tell me they do not hibernate, then hibernation is out(if they succeed sans hibernation). If they tell me UVB bulbs are not needed, then those bulbs are out. Etc etc. It really does not matter what T-rex or any book or any field research says.

The truth is, monitors are very very easy to breed. Most over complicate it. All that is necessary is a pair of monitors of the same species or even other species. Put them in a cage with decent nesting and temps(cage conditions) and feed them and they will breed.

All this other stuff may be entertaining, and fun to try, but its not needed.

All I ever work at is, allowing the monitor to be as much of a monitor as it can. The rest works itself out. Cheers

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