Now an increasing number of designers are recognizing how useful the leather of Burmese python skin from the Everglades can be.

A Florida shop owner is selling face masks made out of the skin of a Burmese python, an invasive species in the Everglades, to create a “fashion statement” and stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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.

Why is the skin of a python a threat to the invasive snake? FWC: Burmese pythons are a cryptic species and, similar to other snake species, their first defense is to blend in with the environment.