Assertion: snake's skin | /r/HasProperty | thick
Facets:
value: as females without young
type: OTHER
value: to
type: PURPOSE
value: too
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: This is unusual for reptiles, because their skin is thick and scaly, but experiments with the black-and-yellow sea snake, Pelamis platura (a pelagic species), have shown this species can satisfy about 25% of its oxygen requirements in this manner, which allows for prolonged dives.
text: Starting at the mouth, a snake slithers out of its too-tight skin.
text: A study published in Nature in 2006 found that brooding females in this species have skin that is up to twice as thick as females without young, and that the skin cells themselves may change in quality to offer the little ones more protein and fat.
text: A green anaconda’s skin is covered in tiny scales, and is thick and dry.