Wayne's reptile room

[EasternGirl]

Okay...did I hear you correctly, did you say these monitors can count?

[Didymus20X6]

Count.jpg

My kind of reptile!
AH AH AH AH AAHH!

*thunder lightning*

[infernalis]

Okay...did I hear you correctly, did you say these monitors can count?

Yes, in laberatory experiments performed by Dr. Burghardt it was confirmed that test subjects could count as high as six.

I will post the results if interested.

[infernalis]

Here is a clip demonstrating the intelligence of these animals.

[guidofatherof5]

Keep them coming Wayne. Very cool stuff.

[EasternGirl]

Yes..please post the results. I was telling my son about this today and we were interested in reading how it was that they determined they can count...that had to be a very interesting study! Very fascinating stuff, Wayne. I had no idea that monitors were so intelligent.

[EasternGirl]

Okay...I just watched the video after my last post...the video kind of answered my question about the counting...but I would still be interested in seeing the results of the study. That video was incredible!

[infernalis]

Here is the data from one such test.

http://www.varanus.us/reports/08AnCogMon.pdf

[BUSHSNAKE]

monitors are kick @$$...ive kept peach throats and brown rough necks and im a huge fan of Walter Auffenburg, to me hes the first lizard king

[infernalis]

monitors are kick @$$...ive kept peach throats and brown rough necks and im a huge fan of Walter Auffenburg, to me hes the first lizard king

Just for you Joe, an exclusive Komodo photo,(Auffenberg's passion) Courtesy of Dr. David Kisrshner, He's currently down in the everglades studying Alligators.