Reptiles are air-breathing vertebrates that are cold-blooded (ectothermic). Most reptiles lay eggs but some species give birth to live young. As they grow their skins become too tight, so they grow a new skin underneath the old one. When they are ready, they slide out of the old one, leaving it behind in the grass or someone’s underground burrow. See if you can find one in the prairie.
“If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.” - Rainer Maria Rilka
Sir Hiss-a-Lot was hatched sometime around 1993. When Sir Hiss was a baby snake, he was captured by a boy who didn’t know that you should never keep a wild animal as a pet. Nonetheless, the boy took excellent care of him for about 10 years…
