snake skin by danapommet
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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)
cool shot of this skin
even snake skin creeps me out, cool shot Dana.
Very cool capture Dana thanks for the info I think I'd be a bit grouchy if my skin started shedding
superb find and capture. good the snake was done shedding
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.
Interesting photo and infos!
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!,,
Nice to see and that is some great info Dana, you live and learn.
Great find Dana I have only seen one once from a grass snake one of the only two UK snakes( non poisonous ).
A rare sight, dear Dana. Wonderful wildlife capture. Hugs for all day. Di. xx
Give me some skin as they say lol great catch on this Dana.
Beautiful molting skin, excellent shot and infos !
Excellent find, and great information!
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~
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
Wonderful cool capture!! Almost looks like bubble wrap. LOL!
Ohhh...precious shot Dana, old skin, amazing texture, well done!
Great shot of this snake skin Dana.
great info Dana, and quite a find
INTERESTING FIND
A very interesting find and a great capture of it. Thanks for the info too, it is much appreciated.
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~
Very interesting, I have never seen a shed skin!
... 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
A wonderful structure! Superbly informative commentary too Dana!
Interesting image! Excellent capture! :)
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.
fabulous shot
Interesting.
Nice capture Dana. Something we see here in the field often!