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01-14-13, 12:57 PM
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Monitor understanding
So I like to watch documentaries. Idk why but that is my crack. Pajaaamas my monitor seems actually interested in the tv, I often wonder if he can comprehend that the images are other monitors. He seems self aware and when he passes a mirror he does not get aggravated. He seems to check himself out, he seems to recognize that the monitor in front of him is actually him. Can monitors self recognize?
When a movie  was on the tv pajaaamas seemed to react to the monitors on tv. Many were sand goanas which he is half, there was also an arugs and other monitors like the lace monitors. He would tripod and seemed actually interested in the show, so much so he tried to climb onto the tv stand and just watched as if he was watching through a window.
So my question: can monitors self recognize? Can they understand they are watching other monitors. Can monitors be smarter than we give them credit for? I really believe monitors are smarter than dogs. He knows the mechanics of doors, he knows the lay out of the house. He actually knows how to ask me to run the bath water. How smart are these guys?
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01-14-13, 01:07 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
I saw that documentary.. monitors are scary smart. If I had the dedication I would get one because they are so fascinating
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01-14-13, 01:39 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
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Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit
So I like to watch documentaries. Idk why but that is my crack. Pajaaamas my monitor seems actually interested in the tv, I often wonder if he can comprehend that the images are other monitors. He seems self aware and when he passes a mirror he does not get aggravated. He seems to check himself out, he seems to recognize that the monitor in front of him is actually him. Can monitors self recognize?
When a movie was on the tv pajaaamas seemed to react to the monitors on tv. Many were sand goanas which he is half, there was also an arugs and other monitors like the lace monitors. He would tripod and seemed actually interested in the show, so much so he tried to climb onto the tv stand and just watched as if he was watching through a window.
So my question: can monitors self recognize? Can they understand they are watching other monitors. Can monitors be smarter than we give them credit for? I really believe monitors are smarter than dogs. He knows the mechanics of doors, he knows the lay out of the house. He actually knows how to ask me to run the bath water. How smart are these guys? |
Yes, yes, yes.. You have lizard kings, I have communicated with Dr. Burghardt (University of Tennessee) and he sent me this research paper...
http://www.savannahmonitor.net/husba...telligence.pdf
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01-14-13, 01:46 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
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Oh goodness thank you for this! I will be giving this a good read. I often wonder if the reason he digs SO MUCH is because he is half sand monitor. In the documentary he can dig a hole in no time, so can pajaaamas, its insane.
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01-14-13, 01:48 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
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Oh goodness thank you for this! I will be giving this a good read. I often wonder if the reason he digs SO MUCH is because he is half sand monitor. In the documentary he can dig a hole in no time, so can pajaaamas, its insane.
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It's not insane, Some people tend to think Evolution left the Monitors behind, My opinion is, Evolution got it right millions of years ago, why change perfection?
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01-14-13, 01:53 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
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It's not insane, Some people tend to think Evolution left the Monitors behind, My opinion is, Evolution got it right millions of years ago, why change perfection?
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Do you know how I could contact the man in lizard kings? I have SO many questions. I wonder if he would be interested in pajaaamas. I know he likes the lace monitors more, based on what I watched in the movie. Id love to have a lacey but I know they require more room that I cannot provide. When my husband and I finally settle down and I get a place I can build more room I may then get into the perenti, oh i love those guys.
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01-14-13, 02:40 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
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Do you know how I could contact the man in lizard kings? I have SO many questions. I wonder if he would be interested in pajaaamas. I know he likes the lace monitors more, based on what I watched in the movie. Id love to have a lacey but I know they require more room that I cannot provide. When my husband and I finally settle down and I get a place I can build more room I may then get into the perenti, oh i love those guys.
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One of the men involved is a member here...
http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/varan...-salvator.html
http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/varan...-part-1-a.html
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01-14-13, 02:53 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
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/is swooned/
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01-14-13, 03:39 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
Some of my monitors seem to enjoy looking in the mirror.
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A seed is a tiny plant, in a box, with its lunch.
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01-14-13, 03:42 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
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Some of my monitors seem to enjoy looking in the mirror.
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Chomper did.....
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01-14-13, 04:14 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
I love that picture.
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A seed is a tiny plant, in a box, with its lunch.
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01-14-13, 10:29 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
Me too!!! ^^^
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01-15-13, 10:14 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
That picture is so cute omg. Sometimes with animals you can just SEE the intelligence in their eyes, and I sure can see it in my Nile. He was trying to escape his tank earlier today, jumping up the side a few times towards the top. He has figured out that the top of the tank is the only way out. He then stopped, looked around, saw that one of the boxes in his tank was taller, scrambled up on top of that and then continued his jumping. He figured out tongs = food within about 1 minute, he also figured out that if he hides in his cardboard tube, he can still be fed without having to come out of hiding as long as he pokes his head out the end lol. I know that the more studies that are done with monitors the more scientists realize how smart they are! 
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01-15-13, 10:29 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
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01-15-13, 10:36 PM
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Re: Monitor understanding
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Never knew Komodo's were monitors.
Makes me want a monitor.. but I can't supply the husbandry it would need so that's not going to happen.
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