We are almost halfway through the 2026 Florida Python Challenge<\/a>, which means plenty of snakes<\/a> have likely already been dispatched by this year\u2019s hunters. But what do you do with the body of a recently disposed, 15-foot-long Burmese python<\/a> (Python bivitattus), let alone multiple snake carcasses? There are plenty of options, but only one place is accepting pythons as payment for pizza.<\/p>\n In Everglades City, about 75 miles west of Miami, a restaurant called Wildman\u2019s Pizza, Pasta, and Python<\/a> will take customers\u2019 recently (and humanely) killed snakes in exchange for menu items. According to the establishment\u2019s owner, Dustin Crum, it\u2019s a fair deal for both parties\u2014visitors get fed, and Crum gets supplies for his business.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do python toppings, python pizza, iguana, you know, whatever,\u201d he recently told NBC Miami<\/a>. \u201cThe fat I use to make the snake oils for the skin, creams, soap,\u201d Crum said. \u201cThe bones we make jewelry, everything gets used.\u201d<\/p>\n Burmese pythons have increasingly strained the region\u2019s native ecosystem since their introduction into the Everglades during the 1970s. Conservationists estimate 100,000\u2013300,000 snakes<\/a> currently live in Florida, where they are essentially apex predators against local wildlife populations. Pregnant females routinely lay around 70 eggs at a time, while adult pythons regularly reach around 13-feet-long.<\/p>\n The Florida Python Challenge debuted in 2013 and intermittently returned over the next few years before becoming an annual event in 2020. More than 900 participants signed up for last year\u2019s Python Challenge, and potentially as many are currently scouring for snakes amid the 2026 competition. A $10,000 prize will be awarded to the person who nabs the most snakes, with another $15,000 doled out across other categories.<\/p>\n But whether or not you deliver a python to Crum\u2019s doorstep, don\u2019t expect to try paying for a python pizza in cash. Florida health regulations prevent the actual sale of snake-topped slices.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I can\u2019t sell that stuff, I just gotta give it away for free,\u201d Crum explained.<\/p>\n
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