I to use food to entice my dwarfs but I dont lead them out of the cage like the video shows. Food is a natural way to initially interact and my glauerti even know just the site of forceps and they are excited already, this is learned behavior and reflects their intellegence for learning, with that said if they can learn one thing then Im sure they can learn other things such as us the keepers are not the enemy [ I can only speak for myself on this one] and the video posted with the GTM and the girl with the nice legs pretty much sums up my point, that monitor that most would think is a bad choice pet species proves much different. The larger monitors like Savannahs or savs are varacious feeders and although the video does not suggest any danger to that particular keeper it does tell me that if some newcomer watched that and tried it not knowing the monitor or really how to handle it, it could lead to bad things. Forgive me for speaking out on this but when I see the legislation as its going you cannot be to cautious with a varanid that has the size and mass to really hurt someone that just does not know any better. After keeping and breeding beaded lizards for over 12 years and hatching out multiple clutches of babies I have NEVER been bit or even close to being bit, I just never put myself in a situation for it to happen and thats all.

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