You can have positive interaction to some degree or another with all monitors.All monitors swim ,climb and dig.But not all monitors take to humans to the same degree.All monitors can be raised with the same husbandry-but not all are easy to keep by novices.Do you want a positive experience with monitors,stick to smaller easy to keep species.I personally picked a species,Bluetail Monitors which are not as outgoing as say Ackies or Niles,or as forgiving with husbandry mistakes.They hide the majority of time,which i have no problem with so far-only because i knew that is part of what they are.They are bigger version of an Indicus-that i've raised for a bit more than a year and from the infrequency of handling they are so far non-defensive ,just struggle to get away.I had an adult Mangrove when i was a teenager but have to say that experience was not positive-for either me nor the monitor.But experiences can vary as to the care they receive and their individuality.

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