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FR
at Tue Jun 21 08:15:00 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]
The problem IS most the people getting them do not have the talents or ability that dustin has. So they get sent off to the hospital and or the monitor dies a nasty death in some silly box, because the keeper is afraid of the animal.
Then when they do take a nasty bite, its one more nail in the coffin of our ability to keep these animals.
In my experience, I have kept and bred them. Croc monitors are far from being a nasty monitor. In fact, they are most likely one of the nicer species, but they carry the biggest gun and will use it if they have to. Which is the problem.
The only problem with croc monitors is, they take monitor bites into the big leagues. You can suffer permanet damage. Which is not going to happen with a tristis.
The meanest varanid I ever saw was a V.storrs. The second was a Tri-colored monitor. Croc monitors are somewhere way down the list.
Thank god, I never took a bite from an adult. I did take a bite or two from my hatchlings. Cheers
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RE: Dustin is exactly right..... - FR, Tue Jun 21 08:15:00 2011