snake skin by danapommet

Photography • Animals • posted on Jan 16, 2013

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Girls day out shopping today so the guys went fishing at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife refuge, west of Delray Beach, Florida. It is a 221 square mile (572.4 square km) area that represents what Florida looked like a thousand years ago. I love this place and it is a great place to wander for hours. When a living snake sheds its skin, also called molting, this is the results that I found today. This process occurs regularly, as the snakes outgrows its old skin. Snakes will rub against rough surfaces to shed their skin. A shed skin is much longer than the snake that shed it due to the fact that the skin covers the top and bottom of each of the snakes scales. If the skin is shed intact, each scale is unwrapped on the top and bottom side of the scale which almost doubles the length of the shed skin. While a snake is in the process of shedding the skin, the eyes can become milky. This impairs the vision of the snake and as a result most snakes will become more aggressive during the shedding process. I took this photo just as I found it. Some info from Wikipedia. Do zoom. Thanks for stopping by, taking a look and for all your previous favs and comments. They are very much appreciated. Dana

Comments (33)

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jocko500

8:25PM | Wed, 16 January 2013

cool shot of this skin

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eekdog

8:49PM | Wed, 16 January 2013

even snake skin creeps me out, cool shot Dana.

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Faemike55

8:59PM | Wed, 16 January 2013

Very cool capture Dana thanks for the info I think I'd be a bit grouchy if my skin started shedding

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Richardphotos

9:33PM | Wed, 16 January 2013

superb find and capture. good the snake was done shedding

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netot

10:03PM | Wed, 16 January 2013

excellent capture, I love the pattern of the skin. I remember that in "The jungle's book", Baloo, the brown bear, warns Bagheera, the black panther,that Kaa, the python, can not see well and is more aggressive when it sheds its skin.

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Jean_C

10:29PM | Wed, 16 January 2013

Interesting photo and infos!

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durleybeachbum

12:45AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Gosh! I never knew about that doubling the length before, how interesting! I had a lot of shed skins in my stuff for drawing at school, but left them behind on retirement. Wish I had one now to examine!,,

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jayfar

1:07AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Nice to see and that is some great info Dana, you live and learn.

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Katraz

2:58AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Great find Dana I have only seen one once from a grass snake one of the only two UK snakes( non poisonous ).

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rainbows

3:19AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

A rare sight, dear Dana. Wonderful wildlife capture. Hugs for all day. Di. xx

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dakotabluemoon

6:17AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Give me some skin as they say lol great catch on this Dana.

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Leije

8:59AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Beautiful molting skin, excellent shot and infos !

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MrsRatbag

9:05AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Excellent find, and great information!

KnightWolverine

11:42AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

I got a girl, she lives on the hill. She won't do it but her sister will, When she boogie,She do the tube snake boogie. Well now boogie little baby, Boogie woogie all night long.... ~smiles~

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jendellas

12:24PM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Hope you had a good day fishing & Jo was kind to your wallet :o) Snake skin something we don't have to worry about thankfully :o) xx

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bobrgallegos

1:33PM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Wonderful cool capture!! Almost looks like bubble wrap. LOL!

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mgtcs

2:13PM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Ohhh...precious shot Dana, old skin, amazing texture, well done!

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adrie

3:33PM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Great shot of this snake skin Dana.

alanwilliams

5:18PM | Thu, 17 January 2013

great info Dana, and quite a find

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sandra46

5:21PM | Thu, 17 January 2013

INTERESTING FIND

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npauling

6:32PM | Thu, 17 January 2013

A very interesting find and a great capture of it. Thanks for the info too, it is much appreciated.

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jif3d

7:57PM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Lucky the snake wasn't still hanging around ! I seem to find these when I'm half way down a roof crawl space and I can't turn back...YIKES ! ~Cheers~

whaleman

4:24AM | Fri, 18 January 2013

Very interesting, I have never seen a shed skin!

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aksirp

9:21AM | Fri, 18 January 2013

... i would prefer to come with you for fishing or hunt with camera;) looks like a big skin from a big snake! watch out! superb and clear picture

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m_j_s

4:08PM | Fri, 18 January 2013

A wonderful structure! Superbly informative commentary too Dana!

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emmecielle

4:38PM | Fri, 18 January 2013

Interesting image! Excellent capture! :)

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clbsmiley

5:56PM | Fri, 18 January 2013

I found a King snake skin, in my house about 15 days after Hurricane Ike. " I said... Where are you?" Never did find the snake, figured he went back outside. And yes, we were staying in the house during that time.

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