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Animals that have an exoskeleton will shed it when they have grown too large for it to fit properly. Reptiles, insect larvae, and many other organisms shed their skins. The periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods, the outer skin in reptiles, the antlers of deer, and bird feathers, is called molting.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agofirst of all, its molt not moult. animals,such as snakes, and caterpillars molt becase they are gitting
rid of thier old skin and replace it with new skin so they can grow bigger and then turn into an adult.
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∙ 12y agoAn animal needs to molt because skin cannot grow past a certain point. It simply stretches, and animals that molt shed the small layer at once. Other animals, such as human, shed slowly and without detection.
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∙ 13y agoTo support the soft tissues of the animal against gravity thus allowing for a larger creature than would be possible without a skeletal frame.
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∙ 12y agoit's what supports the animal's shape. if you, for example didn't have a skeleton, then you'd just be a blob on the ground. think of a skeleton as the framework of the body.
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∙ 13y agoBecause they have an exoskeleton, they have to shed to be able to grow because their skin won't stretch with their body.
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∙ 12y agoBecause their skeletons get too loose
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Why do some animals shed their skeletons?
Only animals with an exoskeleton such as insects shed it. They usually don't grow with the animal, so it simply has to shed it and make a bigger one for itself as it matures.
Do spiders shed their exo-skeletons?
i dont no
How do animals with exoskeletons differ from animals with internal skeletons?
Their skeletons tend to be on the outside
What is made of the skeletons of small animals?
Diatomaceous earth is made up of the skeletons of small animals.
Which animals bend that have skeletons or without skeletons?
2 easy rlly. the answer is .........
Which animals have no skeletons?
invertebrates
Why have animals got skeletons?
Animals have skeletons so they don't wobble about like jelly! Just like humans
What is the great barrier of reef?
The Skeletons of Millions of Coralsmall skeletons of sea animals called polyps.
Do most animals have their skeletons inside or outside their bodies?
As a rule, all mammals have skeletons on the inside. All insects have exoskeletons ( skeletons on the outside). exoskeletons (
Which animals have cartilagious skeletons?
Chondrochthyes, i.e., the cartilagenous fishes, like sharks, posses cartilagious skeletons.
Is shale formed from the skeletons of ancient coral animals.?
No.
When coral animals die do their skeletons fall to the sea floor?
When coral animals die their skeletons do indeed fall to the sea floor. This is the only place where they can go.
