For the Love of Snakes
Many years ago a friend of my father's gifted this rattlesnake skin to him. I was so taken by the beauty of it that my dad told me it should belong to me. What a glorious treasure! The skin, with its overlapping scales, provides protection from a variety of threats including dehydration and physical trauma. An important function of the skin is the sensation of changes in air temperature, which can guide the snakes towards warm basking/shelter locations.
For the Love of Snakes
Many years ago a friend of my father's gifted this rattlesnake skin to him. I was so taken by the beauty of it that my dad told me it should belong to me. What a glorious treasure! The skin, with its overlapping scales, provides protection from a variety of threats including dehydration and physical trauma. An important function of the skin is the sensation of changes in air temperature, which can guide the snakes towards warm basking/shelter locations.