Show SNAKES TOILETS how dow the dispose ot of their castoff ga garments ment it seems rather funny to speak of snakes as dressing and undressing yet this they certainly do quite as fully is as human beings although it is trl true that their wardrobe requires fewer and less variety of articles than ours after a long voyage after a seasons retirement or hibernation and on various other occasions they find themselves in need of a new dress to replace their old and soiled garments and they immediately proceed to evolve one they are very modest creatures never shedding din their clothes until they are fully clas clad in their new ones one prior to shin shining ing forth resplendent in fresh attire a serpent seeks retirement if possible lie ile becomes blind for a few days refuses refuses food and appears to bc b in a melancholy state generally perhaps like some human beings he lias has worked too hard on his new suit when all is completed and ready for exhibition he begins at the lips to extricate himself from the old dress rubbing against whatever may be in hii hi way to ex exra rf c e the matter the fact part of th t h process is apt to be rather tedious but a as he progresses he works more rapidly rapid y nhe he reaches khz th ribs they assist the operation until finally the old skin shin is shed entire turned inside out andar and mr snake revels in his new suit his eyes covered by a perfectly transparent layer of cuticle are bright and beautiful it is only while this cuticle is forming over the eye that the ser arnt p nt is blind snakes snake leave their castoff cast off garments entirely nt irely whole whether they are sevi ml feet in length or a number of yards they never wash them and keep them thein for second best but leave them just j usi abere they happen to shed them with ibe i ne most extravagant prodigality what a pity it is that they have not some poor i legations c actions or poverty stricken acquaint naces to whom they might donate their old clothes their toilet is made in the spring but not alone at that time any unusual circumstance is apt to make them wish vish for a new suit of clothes beginning when they are infants from one to two weeks eels old some are so fastidious ais aa to require it a change once a month and even oftener while others more plebeian an will wear the same garments for eix months sometimes snakes are arc so very modest and shy that they select the night for fr changing their clothes others who are 1 re tamer are quite willin willing to do it in br broad 0 ad daylight when the process of shedding edding h the skin is completed snakes immediately diatel y recover their activity a as they have been languishing for a few days d ays their appetites are sharper now and the poisonous kinds hinds seem to have acquired an additional supply of venom their eyes are bright their colors are vivid and rich and their snake ships beem to feel very comfortable a and d contented in every way detroit free press |