Eve,



I've had extensive experience keeping these beasts, and I can tell you they are quite a pain to keep! Even though many can adapt to a life in captivity, most don't do well at all. Besides, you wouldn't want to keep them, they eat other animals, like cows, chickens and pigs; although some are strictly vegetarian. It's seems to have something to do with their geographic distribution, but some populations of these strange creatures eat things like cats and rats and even snakes! I guess you could get a captive bred individual, as they seem to be little more tame, and their aggression is relatively low toward conspecifics. The only problem is that they are extremely descructive in their environment, and have done much irreparable damage to most ecosystems. Other than that, Homo sapiens (Some believe there is actually another subspecies, Homo sapiens sapiens, but that is still being studied) is quite a rewarding species with which to work... and quite prolific!





Hehe......



And to Will: I really enjoyed the video, I think it's important to show that... was it taken in the wild?





Fabian
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Fabián Aguirre

Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist

Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology

The Dallas World Aquarium

(214) 720-2224

fabian@dwazoo.com

www.dwazoo.com

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