Tony Phelps / Shed skin of Smooth snake {Coronella austriaca} Purbeck, Dorset, UK

Brian Lightfoot / Adder (Vipera berus) snake with sloughed skin on path, Scotland

Tony Phelps / Grass snake shed skin {{Natrix natrix} Purbeck, Dorset, UK

LYNN M. STONE / Brazilian whiteknee tarantula with shed skin after annual moult / ecdysis {Acanthoscurria geniculata} captive

Tony Phelps / Shed skin of Slow worm {Anguis fragilis} Purbeck, Dorset, UK

Steven David Miller / Cuban brown anole moulting {Anole sagrei sagrei} introduced to Florida state, USA

Mark Yates / Female Great crested newt beginning to shed skin(Triturus cristatus) captive

Mark Yates / Crested newt female shedding skin {Triturus cristatus} Essex, UK

Gary Smith / Brown hare {Lepus europaeus} adult sitting in cereal field with head showing spring moult of fur, Norfolk, UK.

Gary Smith / Brown hare {Lepus europaeus} adult sitting in cereal field with head showing spring moult of fur, Norfolk, UK.

Pete Oxford / Emperor penguin juvenile moult {Aptenodytes forsteri} Australian Antarctic Territory

Doug Wechsler / Slug caterpillar moth larva with moulted skin, Costa Rica

Tony Heald / Black footed / Jackass penguin juvenile in moult {Speniscus demersus} South Africa

Juergen Freund / Harp seal pup on ice at start of moult {Phoca groenlandicus} Magdalen Is, Canada, Atlantic

Tony Phelps / Sand lizard male beside shed skin {Lacerta agilis} Purbeck, Dorset, UK

Nick Upton / Moulted crarapaces and legs of Common spider crabs / Spiny spider crabs (Maja brachydactyla / Maja squinado) and moulted carapaces washed up on Rhossili Bay, with the Worm's Head in the background, Th...

Nick Upton / Moulted carapaces and legs of Common spider crabs / Spiny spider crabs (Maja brachydactyla / Maja squinado) washed up on sandy beach. Rhossili Bay, The Gower Peninsula, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Moulted carapace and legs of Common spider crab / Spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / Maja squinado) washed up on sandy beach. Rhossili Bay, The Gower Peninsula, UK, July.

Jose B. Ruiz / European chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) shedding skin, Spain

Niall Benvie / Common tern {Sterna hirundo} at start of adult moult, Angus, Scotland, UK

Premaphotos / Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) male co-habiting with a female shortly before her final moult, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Migratory locust skin drying after moult {Locusta migratoria} Spain

TOM WALMSLEY / Black footed / Jackass Penguins (Spheniscus demersus} adult penguin during moult S. Africa.

Doug Allan / Aerial view of White (Beluga) Whales. {Delphinapterus leucas} Cunningham Inlet,Somerset Isle