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In October 2005, rangers in the [[Everglades National Park]] discovered the carcass of a 6-foot (1.8 meter) [[alligator]] protruding from the burst carcass of 13-foot (4 meter) [[Burmese python]]. The rangers could not locate the snake's head. Frank Mazzotti, a professor from the [[University of Florida]], suggested that the alligator had tried to claw its way out of the snake while the snake tried to swallow it whole. Alternative hypotheses suggest the alligator could have already been dead, or a third animal was involved. The incident was noted as a sign that alligators' supremacy as a predator is not a certainty in the wild. Mazzotti also noted that a human discovery of such a battle between these predators was rare.