Wild Nature
Snakes: movement and shedding
S1 • E42 Jan 1, 2009
The scales on a snake's skin are crucial to helping it both move and hunt. The colour and traction of the scales allow it to silently creep forward whilst being perfectly camouflaged. As the snake grows older its skin begins to dry out and loosen till eventually the skin is shed completely and a fresh soft new skin appears below.
