Quote Originally Posted by mumps View Post
Now I've been working with varanids since 1990, so perhaps I have more experience than some. I shouldn't come on here and say you'll never get bitten. But there are ways to minimalize the risk. Learn your animal. Let it learn you.

Chris
That I can agree with.
I think that it takes patience and appreciation and the knowledge of the individual animal. There are many ways to not get bitten and there are many ways to get bitten.
I have found that by doing rescue I have been in situations where the animal has been severely neglected and sometimes I will get bitten upon first arrival. It happens. Many calm down with the right husbandry and patient handling when needed.
Rusty