First off I am opinionless on breeding monitors. Do what you want if you own them.



People are talking about chickens. I think a good comparison would be turkeys. Wild turkeys are some of the smartest animals in North America. If you live in a rural areas and/or ever hunted them, you know what I mean. Heck, they were almost our national bird instead of the Bald Eagle. On the other hand, domestic turkeys are some of the dumbest animals alive. There are tales of them drownding in rain because they look up and the drops fall in their noses. I have never witnessed this, but they are pretty dumb. Something caused them to lose their natural instincts and become what they are. Now, I know of domestic turkeys that have joined flocks of wild turkeys, and I imagine lived out their lives like wild birds.



The wild/domesticated comparison is valid and interesting. It makes me wonder:

1) how third generation plus monitors would do if they were released into the wild of their origin

2)how the wild niles, caimen, etc. in Florida compair to the wild animals in their native parts of the world.
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Ed



There are chameleons, pythons, and monitors in my jungle room.

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