NEW YORK — Pythons are bashed with hammers, impaled on hooks and skinned alive to provide skins used by French luxury brand Gucci to craft handbags, shoes and belts that sell for hundreds if not ...

Ever admired a snazzy pair of python boots? Snapped open an elegant python-skin clutch? Dreamed of cinching your jeans with a sleek python belt? Zach Hoffman is one of them. A transplant from Boston, ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A Florida shop owner is planning to sell face masks made from the skin of a Burmese Python that may ...

DANIA BEACH (CBSMiami/AP) – Protective facial masks are becoming a fashion statement across the nation during the coronavirus pandemic but because it's Florida, one man is using python skin. Brian ...

A man who caught an 18-foot Burmese python in Florida last week has said trying to escape a bite from the species could "tear the skin right open." Amateur Burmese python hunter Jake Waleri is ...

An Australian reptile catcher was left in awe this week after responding to a call and finding the skin of a huge carpet python—but no snake. Stuart McKenzie, the owner of Sunshine Coast Snake ...

Nairobians at a court’s public gallery were taken aback when police turned up with a filthy polythene bag. The black plastic bag contained python skins. The skins were evidence in a case in which a ...

Brian Wood will cover your face with iguana or Burmese python for $90. Or, if you prefer, alligator — the “diamond” of leather — for $120. The 63-year-old leather artisan was sitting in the living ...

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