crocodile_dan
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I have been apart of a similar method at a wildlife park I worked at, the constant exposure to a high number of people habituated most of our animals to the proximity and even contact with the public (walk through macropods and aviaries being the simplest examples). I have however seen it also have the opposite effect, several cases from abandonment issues. Stress doesn't always manifest itself in external signals, often internal reactions (hormones) are occurring that can't be visually determined. Again I haven't specifically conditioned a monitor so some of my opinions may not be applicable in relation to monitors.