My line of thinking... was always that it also isn't natural for an animal to get completely stressed over a constantly present feature of its environment (ie the owner). To me the biggest benefit of a 'tame' reptile is that it can handle all the wierd stuff that happens in captivity without developing a metaphorical ulcer, and doesn't die of a heart attack if you have to examine it for medical reasons.

My monitor, who had been in captivity several years before I got him, absolutely positively will NOT eat live foods, so I just give him f/t fuzzies. He's an oddball.
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."

Alexander Skutch

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