It is to my understanding now, more than ever before, that the majority of people on this forum, or at least the ones arguing against the current biological/ecological understanding of monitors, is that the number one drive in this hobby for you, is to breed monitors. Heck, after all, this is all that you refer back to time and time again.. In your last post, you mentioned "breeding monitors" about five or six times, not to mention you claiming that there is a potential for a significant market=$$



Not everybody who comes here to this forum has the same ambitions and drive as you. Not everybody is in it to breed monitors... Some people who come here don't even keep any monitors, but are just intrigued by them.



This further supports the fact that you guys(the "herpetoculturists", have totally different intentions/interests in this hobby(or is it a business???) than the "Herpetologists". Just like the horticulturists and botanists... The "MS's" could care less about breeding animals, or how many generations of CB babies you can produce... Again, different values/views/approaches...



Now myself, I do not know exactly where I stand, however I can tell you that I am not $$$$ driven, as I keep my animals for the love of watching and interracting with one another. I personally enjoy reading historical accounts of varanids in the wild, and their interractions with the fauna and flora surrounding them, as well as interractions with native people, as well as collecting photos. Breeding is not my drive, it is merely something that happens/might happen along the lines of keeping them/having fun with them... Not my goal or motivation for being interested in varanids..



Thanks for the comment, it's good to see where we stand in our differing opinions on our own involvement/interest/motivation in this hobby(or was it bu$ine$$?).



Cheers,



bob
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• What is the goal of most people coming to this site? - hunu, Sun Nov 21 14:48:44 2004
• It'$ all about the Benjamin$ - odatriad, Sun Nov 21 15:34:50 2004
• RE: It'$ all about the Benjamin$ - hunu, Sun Nov 21 16:12:57 2004
• RE: It'$ all about the Benjamin$ - FR, Sun Nov 21 16:49:03 2004
• RE: It'$ all about the Benjamin$ - odatriad, Sun Nov 21 17:21:24 2004
• Herpetoculture has grown because of greed - hunu, Sun Nov 21 17:36:22 2004
• RE: Herpetoculture has grown because of greed - odatriad, Sun Nov 21 18:01:30 2004
• RE: Whom are these people you are referring to? - FR, Sun Nov 21 22:48:21 2004
• RE: Whom are these people you are referring to? - odatriad, Sun Nov 21 23:01:17 2004
• RE: It'$ all about the Benjamin$ - FR, Sun Nov 21 17:44:30 2004
• Entertainment!.... - Carmichael, Sun Nov 21 16:06:03 2004
• RE: What is the goal of most people coming to this site? - tann, Sun Nov 21 17:00:36 2004
• RE: What is the goal? - jurassic, Sun Nov 21 18:52:35 2004
• RE: Yeah, what Robert said...... NP - kap10cavy, Sun Nov 21 22:10:50 2004
• This is the best reason, to see this... - SHvar, Mon Nov 22 04:01:45 2004