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snakes shed because whenever you feed a snake it gets big in the stomoch and its like the skin just rips i dont know but my snake shed last night and it starts at the tail and some how they crawl through it and turn it inside out it was pretty cool so they shed so that they can grow.

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Q: Why do corn snakes shed their skins?
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