Hi again Gregg, because you`re mind`s "made up" so to speak, there`s really no point in discussing it, you`re quite entitled to your opinions, whatever they are!
The pity is, you, like myself, are experienced in keeping these animals alive and in good health for many years (that`s a true rarity) in this hobby. How did you miss so much???
Accepting of course, if kept in a tiny box, they really have no way of showing whether they are "different" to most other reptiles in terms of behaviour (responsiveness, learning abilities etc)...
They show what you allow them to, if you don`t have the time, patience, openmindidness to accept they possibly could be that little bit different in the terms I`ve mentioned, what`s the point? ( I try really hard NOT to anthropomorphise)!