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Why do snakes shed their skin?
Do you ever wish you could just crawl out of your own skin? Snakes are some of the few creatures on Earth that actually can.
With the weather warming up, snakes have emerged from hibernation and are shedding their skin as they grow. Although it common to come across shedded skin, the actual molting is more difficult to ...
Dozens of times throughout its life, a snake slithers out of its old skin in a process called "ecdysis," leaving behind papery sheds delicately imprinted with the unique pattern of its scales.