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Why do snake skin falls off?

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The reason why snakes skin (its called shedding) fall of is because

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Snakes skin will only stretch a small amount so, periodically, a snake sheds its old skin, having formed a new skin underneath. Young snakes shed much more frequently than older snakes as they grow faster when they're young.

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The primary reason for this (snakes shedding there skin) is that the snakes grows, as the snake grows the outer skin douse not grow so the snake sheds its skin.

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the snake first rubs its nose against a hard surface the snake hooks its old skin on a twig then slides out of its old skin leaving it in one piece

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