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HappyHillbilly
at Tue Apr 22 11:02:43 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HappyHillbilly ]
"You sure he didn't find your stash of everclear  ?"
Ha! Ha! I woke up too many times in practically the same position as the sav in the pic so I had to quit drinkin' that stuff. Whew! After over 16yrs dry & clean I'll bet that one "tall boy" will do the same thing to me now. Hahaha!
But your right about the playin' possum thing. Daniel has a photo in his book "The Savannah Monitor Lizard" of a sav on it's back & curled up to one side. It's an amazing photo.
When I first got into monitors I tried force-handling my young nile. After a few minutes of open-mouth display & trying to bite me while I was "petting" it, it calmed down & I thought I was getting somewhere. When I went to put it back in it's cage it played possum and wouldn't move an inch while still in my hand. I had to dump it out of my hand & it still just laid there motionless in the cage for several minutes.
I seriously doubt that monitors will ever be domesticated. They ain't wired for it.
Catch ya later!
Mike
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American
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RE: Its not taboo, its stupid - HappyHillbilly, Tue Apr 22 11:02:43 2008