Python skins are a symbol that represents wealth in the fashion industry alongside the others therefore it is also one of the most wanted animals for the fashion industry.

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  Other than that, catching a python usually comes harder than the other animals which sometimes has taken human lives therefore it comes with an expensive price for python skin products.Pythons have been captured commonly used to produce shoes, handbag, belt and wallet.

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  Once they are captured, their heads are often forced down and cut off with a machete. Their jaws are forced open so that a tube can be jammed down their throats, then their bodies are pumped full of water to make their skins easier to remove.

 

  Ropes are tied tightly around their necks to prevent any fluid from escaping their bodies. They can be left hanging for more than 10 minutes. Their bodies are slit open from end to end to loosen their once strong and protective skin. Once the skin is limp, it is ripped from the snakes’ bodies. The snakes’ skins are no longer their own and are now the prized possessions of their captors. The skins are shipped off to tanneries to be treated with chemicals and sold to the fashion industry.

 

  Many snakes are still alive as they are tossed into a pile of other snakes and left to die slowly. They often suffer for several days before dying from dehydration. Some people have even come to fear these stunning animals, but in reality, pythons have more reasons to fear us.