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Fruit eating monitor??

RehabRalphy

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tupinambisfamiliaris

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Gray's monitors are fruit eaters. Didn't open the vid, but I'd guess that's it. I read an article once that said savs would eat bananas from time to time.
 

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Butaan monitor

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They are a pretty cool animal. If you keep your eyes open, every few years or so they hit the market for around $3,000 usd. I'm not sure how well Varanus olivaceus do in captivity, however I think I've heard a few people say they included grapes in the diet? They are definitely gorgeous monitors and if I had a green house to dedicate to them, I would own a trio. Daniel Bennet (spelling?), the nerd that eats the scheisse in the vid, is a pretty dedicated guy to monitors so reading his articles is better than watching the AP episode. Good post by the way, it makes for a great topic.


-Jon DeLong
 

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kurtle55

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i would NEVER own a wild caught animal. why would someone want to support the market for wild caught endangered animals? i mean come on! tens of thousands or savanna monitors are imported into europe and the US every year and most of them last about a year. plus this is a species which we know hardly anything about... i just think it is an absolutly rediculous idea
 

Beazer

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Wild caught animals are actually quite important to genetic diversity and also for captive conservation. Also, private collectors/breeders seem to have more success and take better care of their animals than zoos do. But it does suck animals like savannah monitors and stuff are mass collected/farmed. There is pros and cons :/. Sadly, most smugglers take better care of the animals they are smuggling than people who do legal exportation/importation. And for people like me who like pure subspecies/locality animals, wc is almost always the only way to go, or cb babies from wc parents. If numbers taken were better controlled and dealers took responsibility of assuring animals go to the right people I wouldnt see any harm. Also, something to consider, poachers (who collect skins), farms, and just people who eat monitors out there pose greater threats than a pair or 2 taken. Its kind of like, most animals protected, arent really protected well, they are still skinned and eaten.

-Jon
 

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