Florida Restaurant Offers Free Pizza for Burmese Pythons

Khaosod•International•1d ago

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A restaurant in Florida is offering free large specialty pizzas in exchange for captured Burmese pythons to help combat an invasive species crisis.

•Dustin Crum, owner of Wildman’s Pizza, Pasta and Python in Everglades City, Florida, accepts Burmese pythons as currency for pizza.
•The campaign aims to reduce the number of invasive Burmese pythons affecting the ecosystem in the Everglades.
•The initiative was inspired by the Florida Python Challenge, an event with prizes up to 10,000 US dollars.
•Experts estimate there may be as many as 300,000 pythons across Florida.

•Dustin Crum, owner of Wildman’s Pizza, Pasta and Python, allows customers to exchange captured Burmese pythons for one free large specialty pizza.
•Dustin Crum launched the campaign to motivate people to help reduce the population of invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida ecosystem, specifically in the Everglades.
•The idea was inspired by the Florida Python Challenge, where hunters compete for prizes up to 10,000 US dollars for removing pythons.
•Hunters were searching for Burmese pythons during the Florida Python Challenge 2026 in the Everglades on July 11, 2026.
•Dustin Crum processes python parts into products such as snake oil for skincare, soap, and bone jewelry.
•Dustin Crum cannot sell python meat as a general menu item due to food preparation regulations.
•Experts estimate that up to 300,000 pythons may exist across Florida, with females capable of laying up to 70 eggs per clutch.
•Burmese pythons have been spreading in the Everglades since the 1970s.

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Dustin Crum

"You can bring pythons to exchange for pizza."

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Dustin Crum(ดัสติน ครัม)ℹ️

Owner of Wildman’s Pizza, Pasta and Python who refers to himself as the swamp entrepreneur.

Wildman’s Pizza, Pasta and Python

A local pizza restaurant in Everglades City, Florida, that accepts Burmese pythons in exchange for pizza.

Florida(ฟลอริดา)ℹ️

A US state where invasive Burmese pythons are impacting the ecosystem.

Everglades(เอเวอร์เกลดส์)ℹ️

An area in Florida heavily affected by the invasion of Burmese pythons.

Everglades City(เอเวอร์เกลดส์ ซิตี)ℹ️

The city in Florida where Wildman’s Pizza, Pasta and Python is located.