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Posted by: DMong at Tue Jul 22 10:52:28 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]  
   

Yes, a fresh moist shed will stretch like a rubberband, and be incredibly misleading as to the actual length of the animal.

Also, as you are well aware, a snake "pelt" that is removed from a slaughtered snake will also stretch to an extremely disproportional length(and width) when pulled tight and tacked down for curing. Large boa and python skins will end up MANY feet larger than the actual animal was, just as this photo proves on this live Reticulated Python.


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