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01-13-14, 11:03 AM
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Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
Apparently some Monitors can count (The Biology of Varanid Lizards - King/Green) - thats not something I expected to come across, I assumed they would be less intelligent than say Crows, but perhaps not? Crows are extremely intelligent of course
Anyone here tried any of the standard tests for intelligence on their varanids? lab testing and real world testing can throw up diffrent results, be interesting to hear how intelligent peoples monitors are 
Lots of animal intelligence tests can be found around the web, tests for birds are a good place to start probably, test for dogs and cats may be pushing it a bit...although i'm pretty sure I have never owned a cat that could count lol
Also found notes on cooperation between individual monitors, working together to gain access to a food source in quite complex ways (one leads away female croc from nest, other one digs up nest while coast is clear) - any cohab monitors out there doing interesting things?
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01-13-14, 05:41 PM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
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01-14-14, 05:31 AM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
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I've tried to load this pdf several times now, but it doesnt make any sense, i think something is wrong with the formatting? am I the only person having trouble with it?
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01-14-14, 02:03 PM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
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Wayne the 1st vid i hate & will always hate, poor animal.
last vid is great!!
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01-26-14, 09:56 AM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
Bit crude on his foot work! but it was his 1st time, you could see him ripping rotten tree trucks apart to get bugs out.
Monitor Lizard Work out Part 2 - YouTube
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01-26-14, 12:25 PM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
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To be fair to him His feet really weren't designed for that lol
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01-13-14, 06:42 PM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
although the first video was more impressive, the last one is definitely fascinating.
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01-14-14, 05:58 AM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
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although the first video was more impressive, the last one is definitely fascinating.
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Agreed!!! Barring any major F-ups on our part, it would be amazing to see how evolution treats monitors in the next million years or so...
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01-13-14, 07:09 PM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
Those are awesome videos!
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01-14-14, 03:48 AM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
awsome 
will have to come up with some interesting things to build into my savs new enclosure to make his brain work a bit harder
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01-14-14, 04:30 AM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
Very impressive.. The sav in the first video, is that healthy? I don't keep varanids but it looks lethargic the way it drags it's body along rather than lifting to walk.
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01-14-14, 08:21 AM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
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Very impressive.. The sav in the first video, is that healthy? I don't keep varanids but it looks lethargic the way it drags it's body along rather than lifting to walk.
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You are not the first to notice. 
I feel the same way as do others.
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01-14-14, 02:05 PM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
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Very impressive.. The sav in the first video, is that healthy? I don't keep varanids but it looks lethargic the way it drags it's body along rather than lifting to walk.
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correct!! that's why i hate the vid, not the purpose.
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01-14-14, 05:26 AM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
was also intrigued to see another Sav eagerly drinking from a bowl of water - and the slight glimpse of the enclosure suggests it may be very dry, looks like paper towel and cork hides?
lets try not to derail the thread tho...this particular area has been well gone over and established
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01-14-14, 04:19 PM
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Re: Varanids Counting and other intelligent things
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was also intrigued to see another Sav eagerly drinking from a bowl of water - and the slight glimpse of the enclosure suggests it may be very dry, looks like paper towel and cork hides?
lets try not to derail the thread tho...this particular area has been well gone over and established
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It may be a "well gone over area" but it's more important than how intelligent they are... A dead monitor isn't very smart/intelligent lol..
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You are not the first to notice.
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Never watched any of his vids before, the study seems interesting but at the expense of health?... Any way I'll stop de-railing the thread.
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