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A Florida pizzeria is facing backlash for adding iguana pizza to their menu while a cold snap in the Sunshine State stunned the invasive reptiles, causing them to fall from trees.<\/a><\/p>\n Bucks Coal Fired Pizza in North Palm Beach will stop offering iguana as a pizza topping after receiving a slew of complaints to the Health Department, according to local10.<\/a><\/p>\n A pizza at Bucks Coal Fired Pizza topped with iguana meat. Bucks Coal Fired Pizza<\/p>\n The restaurant put out a viral video with tens of thousands of likes earlier this month, showing pieces of the large lizards being tossed onto cheesy dough and thrown into a pizza oven.<\/p>\n \u201cMy buddy hit me up and was like, how do you feel about me bringing in some iguana meat and making iguana pizza? I said, absolutely,\u201d owner Frankie Cecere told the outlet. <\/p>\n The viral idea came about when iguanas across the state were falling from trees as temperatures plummeted. This happens to the reptiles because they are cold-blooded and become paralyzed to conserve energy.<\/a><\/p>\n Despite the polarizing menu choice, the pizzeria received \u201cabout 1,500 calls for iguana pizza,\u201d Cecere said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s highly sought after apparently,\u201d the owner added.<\/p>\n A man takes a bite of a slice of pizza at Bucks Coal Fired Pizza for an Instagram video. Bucks Coal Fired Pizza<\/p>\n The restaurant put out a viral video with tens of thousands of likes earlier this month, showing pieces of the large lizards being tossed onto cheesy dough and thrown into a pizza oven. Bucks Coal Fired Pizza<\/p>\n Bucks Coal Fired Pizza will now stop offering the topping due to complaints to the Health Department and concerns over animal cruelty. <\/p>\n \u201cPeople called in saying we had live iguanas in house, like an animal cruelty issue,\u201d Cecere said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have live iguanas here.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI thought it would fall under catch and cook,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The pizzeria is now working through regulatory questions about serving the iguana meat, the outlet said. <\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t need a license to harvest iguanas because they\u2019re an invasive species, but apparently, there\u2019s no statute for it,\u201d Cecere said.<\/p>\n The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)<\/a>\u00a0has temporarily allowed residents to remove and dispose of cold-stunned iguanas<\/a> without a permit.<\/p>\n