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Originally Posted by infernalis
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what comes to mind when i see this pic is a meerkat.
but has anyone every thought to try taking there monitor outside and perching them on a branch that would just be high enough for him/her to hang from (the same height as the lizard is long) and see how they get themselves down, or even the fact that, as stated before, a captive animal is not an animal with fully natural behaviour, simply because they dont need to use all of there natural behaviours and in 1 sence, they become "lazy" because everything is done for them:
food is readily supplied;
they learn that they are safe in there environment;
they dont need to scout for warm spots as there always a basking area in there enclosures;
etc
maybe its this reason why younger monitors are more prone to using there tails as that is exactly what they would do in the wild as for the first year or so of there lives, they would react more to there basic instinct than an adult would.
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