Thanks Don,....you're absolutely right about the "don't measure by the shed" analogy. Many an anaconda, python and countless other snakes are falsely represented by this method, as well as "over-stretched" actual hides to document lengths. Many people are unaware of the stretching dynamics a hide, or a shed skin has. On a large snake, it can add many extra feet to an animal's length.

By the way, this is the snake that was photographed shedding.

Again, thanks for the compliment!


best regards, ~Doug

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