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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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

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• w/c corn in shedding prossess ! - DMong, Sun Jan 27 21:03:37 2008
• RE: w/c corn in shedding prossess ! - xblackheart, Sun Jan 27 21:33:25 2008
• RE: w/c corn in shedding prossess ! - DMong, Sun Jan 27 23:09:06 2008
• oops!, meant PROCESS! - DMong, Sun Jan 27 23:15:12 2008
• Yikes ! ! ! - DonSoderberg, Mon Jan 28 11:11:47 2008
• RE: Yikes ! ! ! - DMong, Mon Jan 28 23:02:32 2008
• RE: Yikes ! ! ! - DonSoderberg, Mon Jan 28 23:13:22 2008
• thanks Don!........n/p - DMong, Mon Jan 28 23:33:21 2008
• RE: w/c corn in shedding prossess ! - Orocosos, Mon Jan 28 15:58:21 2008
• RE: w/c corn in shedding prossess ! - DMong, Mon Jan 28 23:04:34 2008