mangroove monitor

[mumps]

You can't "tame" a lizard, but then again if we are going to argue semantics you are wrong in your wording also- monitors do not display complex emotions like "trust." They are intelligent enough to learn, over time, that the large creature that feeds them, opens their cage, etc. is not going to hurt them and in that regard they will "trust" you and act like they are "tame" although it is really nothing other than the fact that they have gotten used to human contact enough that they no longer see us as a danger to themselves unless we act in a manner that would cause them to fear us.

Apparently, you are way out of date in your monitor research, or haven't worked with them very much, except to import and sell them.

Varanids are the most intelligent genera of lizards, and while you say they come to accept people as not a danger, I imagine you haven't let a "trusting" monitor meet a stranger... I've seen this numerous times and they don't just lump people into one general group. They know who you are, and can tell someone different.

I could write many examples of proven research and results, but let's just say that monitors are SMART and deserve to be treated so.

Chris