FR:" There are those like Crocdoc that keep a pair(?) and see how long they can control the same events over and over, many zoos did that as well, and there is nothing wrong with that, but theres nothing really right about it either.
For instance, its of great interest to me to explore there potential..."

I see. Keeping healthy, reproducing monitors is 'nothing really right' but pushing them to the point of killing them through reproductive failure is of great interest to you.

FR:" ...for instance how many clutches can they produce in a lifetime, and it doesn't matter how long that may be, or not.

It becomes about selective reasoning, you pick success is how long an animal lives, and I think about how much an animal participates in its ecosystem. How much it contributes and for how long. "

The point you keep missing, FR, much to my amazement is that my lone female has produced more clutches in her lifetime than yours, has been contributing to its 'ecosystem' by contributing way more babies than yours. And when I say 'yours' I mean all of yours. Every lace monitor you've ever kept. This has been discussed in other posts, below.

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