The most familiar example of moulting in reptiles is when snakes "shed their skin".

He wants to shed his old life, just as snakes shed their skins.

It's like watching a snake shed it's skin as these guys try to slither into a second term.

A week later, the snake will shed its skin.

A new rattle segment is added each time the snake sheds its skin.

This molting process is the same type of biological change that happens when snakes shed their skins.

Each time the snake sheds its skin, a new segment is added to the rattle.

Like a snake shedding its skin, they discarded some terrible and defeating habits.

Once, when I was little, I saw a snake shed its skin.

An older snake may shed its skin only once or twice a year.