A Florida restaurant in Everglades City, Wildman’s Pizza, Pasta and Python, is running a promotion that accepts dead Burmese pythons as legal tender in exchange for pizza. According to reporting, Dustin Crum—who describes himself as a “swampetreneur” and is behind the restaurant—spent about ten days collecting dead snakes from customers who brought them in under the promotion rules. The initiative is presented as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the impact of Burmese pythons, an invasive species in Florida associated with ecological harm.
The restaurant’s concept is framed as an additional tool alongside other approaches the state has used to address the python problem, including organized hunts and cash-based rewards. The promotion ties local food to the disposal and reporting of pythons, aiming to incentivize participation while directing removed animals toward the restaurant’s program. Details beyond the basic trade arrangement are limited in the available summaries, but all sources describe the core mechanism: customers bring dead pythons, and the restaurant provides pizza in return.
