There has been one documented case of an '''exploding motherfucking snake''', whereby a [[Burmese python]] burst. The [[snake]] had attempted to eat an [[alligator]] whole, but exploded mid-meal. Rangers of the [[Everglades National Park]] discovered the explosion in [[October 2005]], but they could not locate the snake's head; the alligator had also died. Frank Mazzotti, a professor from the [[University of Florida]], suggested that the alligator had tried to claw its way out of the snake, causing the explosion. Alternative theories 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 predators is not a certainty in the wild. Frank Mazzotti, a wildlife professor at the [[University of Florida]], remarked that a human discovery of such a battle between these predators was rare indeed.
