The first one was exhausted, cold, and drowned, the second one died about a year later (from what I read, an update that proved the point).
Those monitors werent trained, they were cold, overweight, slow, exhausted, and the owner took advantage of knowing a few basic things about monitors, then convinced a load of people that they were trained.
Sure, I have a few trained monitors, two eat from a long pair of hemostats (not shorter tongs), one eats from whatever I offer the food from with the door cracked barely open (if not I have a 4ft flaviargus flying out of the cage, and running up my leg, jaws snapping, I guess he trained me), one enormous monitor eats from tongs, hemostats, a snake grabber, or my hands (dont try this unless you know a monitor very well).
As far as temps go, I can guage them and their effects because I know what a healthy monitor is. I have one monitor (an albig) that can easily go outdoors at temps from 40f on up for periods of time with no problems (but I know when enough is enough by simply looking at her, this doesnt happen but rarely now).
I think the videos are an example of how the people who saw them and thought they were trained very well, were trained by the video owner to think so.

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• To train or not - none, Sat Apr 19 20:36:14 2008
• RE: To train or not - holygouda, Sat Apr 19 21:52:24 2008
• RE: To train or not - sidbarvin, Sun Apr 20 00:19:03 2008
• I trained my rudi - kap10cavy, Sun Apr 20 00:40:54 2008
• RE: To train or not - lizardheadmike, Sun Apr 20 17:59:12 2008
• RE: To train or not - sidbarvin, Sun Apr 20 23:12:58 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - FR, Sun Apr 20 09:16:17 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - tbone21, Sun Apr 20 13:25:45 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - FR, Mon Apr 21 08:27:35 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - tbone21, Mon Apr 21 10:20:06 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - holygouda, Mon Apr 21 14:36:09 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - tbone21, Mon Apr 21 19:26:47 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - FR, Tue Apr 22 09:32:42 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - Tbone21, Tue Apr 22 19:21:31 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - cinderellawkids, Mon Apr 21 08:36:20 2008
• Yes, they are dead. - SHvar, Mon Apr 21 10:26:56 2008
• RE: Unfortunately... - Varanids_Rock, Mon Apr 21 15:39:38 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - HappyHillbilly, Tue Apr 22 00:45:21 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - ginebig, Tue Apr 22 05:16:17 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - HappyHillbilly, Tue Apr 22 11:02:43 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - cinderellawkids, Tue Apr 22 08:36:21 2008
• RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - HappyHillbilly, Tue Apr 22 10:32:54 2008