Meet the Alligators
BDE
Name: BDE
Sex: Male
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult
Length: 2.75m / 9’ 0”
Estimated Weight: 86kg / 190lbs
Tail Tag: Purple 152
Tail Notches: BDE
Tagged Date: Sat Tag 07/18/2020
Tag Status: Removed 7/30/2021
Tagged Location: Okefenokee Adventures, Folkston, GA
Sponsors: Okefenokee Swamp Park
BEI
Name: BEI
Sex: Male
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult
Length: 2.56m / 8′ 5″
Estimated Weight: 73kg / 160lbs
Tail Tag: NA (Tail tags not applied within wilderness area)
Tail Notches: BEI
Tagged Date: Sat Tag 10/10/2020
Tag Status: Removed 11/9/2021
Tagged Location: Okefenokee Adventures, Folkston, GA
Sponsors: UGA
BDL
Name: BDL
Sex: Male
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult
Length: 2.83m / 9ft’4″
Estimated Weight: 98kg / 215lbs
Tail Tag: Purple 156
Tail Notches: BDL
Tagged Date: Sat Tag 04/8/2021
Tag Status: Removed 4/7/2022
Tagged Location: Okefenokee Adventures, Folkston, GA
Sponsors: UGA
BIN
Name: BIN
Sex: Male
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult
Length: 2.98m / 9′ 9″
Estimated Weight: 113 kg / 250lbs
Tail Tag: NA (Tail tag not applied in wilderness area)
Tail Notches: BIN
Tagged Date: 8/9/2021
Tag Status: Removed 9/23/2022
Tagged Location: Okefenokee Adventures, Folkston, GA
Sponsors: UGA
BEN
Name: BEN
Sex: Male
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult
Length: 2.97m / 9ft’ 9”
Estimated Weight: 118kg / 260lbs
Tail Tag: Purple 162
Tail Notches: BEN
Tagged Date: Sat Tag 11/10/2021
Tag Status: Active
Tagged Location: Okefenokee Adventures, Folkston, GA
Sponsors: UGA
All photos by University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, unless otherwise noted.