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Name: Gary A.
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Age: 13
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Date: 7/28/2003
Question:
Why do snakes shed there skin for? I know they shed it as they grow..but why?

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Once the skin has dried it no longer grows, as the snake grows it literally outgrows its old skin, so must shed it and replace it with a new one.

J. Elliott

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