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What does it mean if a snake bites you and sheds it's skin?

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How long is the skin? Snakes usually shed their whole skin at once like a glove. The skin should be approximately as long as the snake it came from. read more

This is because their skin doesn't grow with them, rather they shed it and and "bigger" skin is underneath the old one until they grow out of that and so on. When they grow up they still shed there skin but allot less often, it is only to keep them nice and "clean and fresh". read more

The skin should be approximately as long as the snake it came from. If it isn’t a single piece, chances are it came from a lizard like a gecko, which you’re more likely to find in your home. Snakes tend to hide after shedding their skin, the process tires them and I believe temporarily interferes with their vision. read more

A snake sheds its skin by secreting a chemical that lubricates the space between the old layer and the new layer of skin. The snake then splits the old skin around its head and crawls out. It uses a rough object to anchor the old skin as it does so. read more

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