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Here is somethign to add to a discussion from below.

This is a pair of doreanus that are obviously not of the "same type". In the first picture, the male has his head on the females back. They are not under any basking lights of any type. This cage was also large enough for them to not have to "be on top of each other". They were often together and this behavior was not unsualy for them. Keep in mind they were wild caught adults when introduced. They never fought and never showed any agression toward each other. Notice the male watching me, he was very aware of my actions.

This second picture is after I opened the window to get a better shot. The male took an agressive posture toward me as the female retreated slightly. This was odd for both of them as the female was generally very agressive...not mean, what I call fun. The male was generally fairly passive.

To some this doesnt mean anything because they are not "real Monitors", others may find it interesting...just one of 2,000,000,000 million observations I had on this pair. Guess that makes me an expert. Funny how they did not act different than any other monitor I had, despite what I was told. Of course, they must have been wrong. I also did not set them up any differently than my other monitors...guess I should have set them up as indo's my bad.

Jefe
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Varanus.net

You might've missed the boat if you didn't realize that monitors are capable of being social if need be, whatever that need may be. They are probably brighter than most space cadets.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!!!!

Jefe so great to see you. Well sort of. How is So Cal???? Are you still there. Just in case you were wondering it's Christine from No Cal. How are you??
It's so great to see you back into Monitors again. I love my male Doreanus and would've loved to see him get with a lovely lady. How many varanids do you now own???
I could use some help with some Ackies.

I'm not sure what is going on with this post and the one below but I too have seen aggressive acts from a male monitor to a male human. A friend of mine owns a large male Argus and when he has him outside of his enclosure he's been known to tripod while facing him and try and do battle. It's quite interesting to see. The male argus will hiss, push, and shove his weight around.

Anyways there is an observation of mine on a male monitor behavior. lol I apologize if it has zero to do with your post.
See Ya,
Christine

Hey Christine,

I tried e-mailing you not too long ago, but didn't get anything back in return. Anyway I was up in sacramento, stopped by the reptile shop to catch up with you and Pam but it appears it is no longer. I will be up there again early next week for a couple days.

I am doing good...hard to beat good old huntington. Any e-mail me at the varanus.net e-mail address. Still don't have any monitors right now, they were an old project.

Jefe
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Varanus.net

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