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Snakes: Big, Small and Shedding Snakes

Snakes skin doesn’t stretch like human skin. So what do snakes do when they grow?

Aired 09/01/2022 | Rating TV-G

Science Trek

Snakes: Big, Small and Shedding Snakes

Clip: Special | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

Snakes skin doesn’t stretch like human skin. So what do snakes do when they grow?

There are more than 3000 different species of snakes in the world. Which is the biggest? The smallest? And what do snakes do when they grow? They shed.

Aired 09/01/2022 | Rating TV-G

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Snakes: Snake Fashion

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Some non-venomous snakes look like their venomous cousins. Why? (1m 4s)

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Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV

Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and the Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by Sparklight, the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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