Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Exploding snake (2nd nomination)
A 13 foot snake tried to eat a 6 foot gator and died, was then found burst open and missing its head. Cartoonist B. Kliban gave us the rule of thumb: "Never eat anything bigger than your head." "Exploding" is likely an exaggeration of a dead animal decomposing, swelling, then the gasses being released when the rotting flesh loses its integrity, followed by some person or other animal dragging away the head. This hardly merits the term "explosion." This is a one-off weird water-cooler story. Wikipedia is not and should not become a compendium of every freak occurance that got a little news coverage. See the essay Wikipedia:News articles as well as #NEWS
— User:Edison, 17:36, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Stance: delete
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