Nova special on WHYY on monitors called "Lizard Kings". Not sure exactly what it's like, but looks promising. Part of it focuses on research around their sociability. Check it out!
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"Lizard Kings" on Nova now - on Monitors
DRep
Oct 20, 2009 07:07 PM
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evercraig190
Oct 20, 2009 08:32 PM
this show was awesome..i learned alot...makes me want a pet monitor, just a small one though...
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j3nnay
Oct 21, 2009 08:29 PM
I saw it too! Loved it. Thought it was super cool they were trained to respond to the ball on the end of the stick. Wonder what else they can be trained to respond to?
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"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words."
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croc 2-3
Oct 26, 2009 12:30 PM
That was a great show very informative.I always knew the I had albigs. were smart but wow they may have actually been playing dumb.My indicus & salvator would walk around the house & could reliably be found in the same areas during their rest. I don't keep varanids now but I'll get more varanids when I have space.
jimjum12
Dec 12, 2009 07:16 AM
I just received the DVD from the PBS website for around 25 bucks shipped...I love it. We have a mated pair of Indicus, a Savanna, and a Timor...which,by the way, is an EXCELLANT choice for the fellow who wants a small monitor. "Zippy" is adorable. Our Large monitors are also given "house privelges" from time to time and like yours, they "know what time it is".GOD BLESS...
-jimbo(a friend of jesus)
P.S. Our male Indicus, Twilight, comes to me when I call him after opening the door to his huge enclosure. He usually heads straight for the bathroom and into the tub for a swim, after which he squeezes under the door (maybe an inch and a half clearance) and heads to the laundry area at the other end of the house to root around in the laundry...like clockwork. GOD BLESS...
-jimbo(a friend of jesus)
