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Python Challenge: Wildman's Pizza Accepts Snake Carcasses, Gives Free Pizza

7/17/2026

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Wildman's Pizza, Pasta, and Python in Everglades City now accepts killed Burmese python carcasses as payment for pizza.
Owner Dustin Crum takes the python carcasses for menu items.
Florida health regulations forbid selling snake-topped pizza, prompting the restaurant to give such pizzas away for free.
The 2026 Florida Python Challenge, now halfway through, awards $10,000 for most snakes captured and $15,000 in other categories, ending at 5 p.m. EDT on July 19.

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Wildman's Pizza, Pasta, and Python in Everglades City now accepts killed Burmese python carcasses as payment for pizza.
Owner Dustin Crum takes the python carcasses for menu items.
Florida health regulations forbid selling snake-topped pizza, prompting the restaurant to give such pizzas away for free.
The 2026 Florida Python Challenge, now halfway through, awards $10,000 for most snakes captured and $15,000 in other categories, ending at 5 p.m. EDT on July 19.