Meet the Alligators
Johnny Hickox
Name: Johnny (Johnny Hickox)
Sex: Male
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult
Length: 2.7m / 8′ 10″
Estimated Weight: 84 kg / 185lbs
Tail Tag: Yellow, 70
Tail Notches: DF
Tagged Date: Sat Tag 06/07/2019
Tag Status: Removed 06/25/2020
Tagged Location: Parking Lot, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, GA
Sponsors: Jud and Audrey Laine Seymour
Okefenokee Joe
Name: Okefenokee Joe
Sex: Male
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult – Deceased
Length: 3.47m / 11′ 5″
Estimated Weight: 186 kg / 410lb
Tail Tag: Blue 100
Tail Notches: CN
Tagged Date: Sat Tag 06/29/2020
Tag Status: Recovered 8/31/2021
Tagged Location: Parking Lot, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, GA
Sponsors: Okefenokee Swamp Park
Obadiah Barber
Name: Obadiah (Obadiah Barber)
Sex: Male
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult
Length: 3.37m / 11’ 1”
Estimated Weight: 170 kg / 375lbs
Tail Tag: Yellow, 66
Tail Notches: ACH
Tagged Date: Sat Tag 10/8/2020
Tag Status: Removed 9/24/2022
Tagged Location: Alligator Enclosure, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, GA
Sponsors: UGA
Doc
Name: Doc
Sex: Male
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult – Deceased
Length: 3.35m / 11′ 0″
Estimated Weight: 170 kg / 375lbs
Tail Tag: Red 24
Tail Notches: AHJ
Tagged Date: Sat Tag 04/18/2021
Tag Status: Recovered 1/26/2023
Tagged Location: Mud Lake, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, GA
Sponsors: UGA
Rambo
Name: Rambo
Sex: Male
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult
Length: 3.10m / 10’ 2”
Estimated Weight: 136 kg / 300lbs
Tail Tag: Orange 48
Tail Notches: AKL
Tagged Date: Sat Tag 09/04/2021
Tag Status: Active
Tagged Location: Train Lake, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, GA
Sponsors: UGA
All photos by University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, unless otherwise noted.