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Insects and reptiles tend to moult. They don't have the same sort of skin as mammals do. In order to get bigger, they have to shed their skin to expand. Most just abandon the skin where it is and you can find snake skins and insect shells in the right places.
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What are the mating habits of shrimp?
They can only mate after the female moults, or sheds her skin.
Do seals shed their skins?
No, A killer whale's skin is smooth, continuously renewing itself, as the old skin moults off, causing less drag.
Can caterpillars shrink?
Yes. It moults as its skin is too big for it as it grows. This is the same as us. When we are a baby,we wear bab.y clothes. As we grow,we can't wear the same clothes anymore.
What animals have dry skin?
Reptiles are animals that have dry skin. However, other animals can have dry skin as well. Though in other animals the skin must be treated to get rid of the dryness.
Why are adult mosquito considered as a harmful animals?
because they carry germs
Does the larvae in the life cycle of a butterfly moults?
No, it doesn't.
Why when an insect moults it becomes bigger?
Invertebrates molt because if they have a shell, the shell limits them to how big they can grow. When they molt though, the shell then becomes a home for another animal and then the invertebrate gets another shell.
What do you call animals with moist skin?
Animals who need to have moist skin are amphibians, such as frogs.
When a Rhode island red moults can there be bleeding?
If there is, call the vet!
In animals that carry out respiration though the skin the skin must always be?
The skin must always be moist in animals that exchange oxygen through the skin.
Can wasps leave their stingers in your skin?
Can a red wasp leave one stinger in a number of places in the skin?
Names of animals that breathe through skin?
Animals that can breathe through their skin are said to have permeable skin. Amphibians and earthworms both have skin which is permeable to gases.
