Meet the Alligators
Audrey Laine
Name: Audrey Laine
Sex: Female
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Reproductive Adult
Length: 2.65 meters / 8’ 8”
Estimated Weight: 77kg / 170lbs
Tail Tag: Orange, #33
Tail Notches: AL
Tagged Date: 6/22/2018
Tag Status: Removed 4/13/2019
Tagged Location: Skull Lake, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, GA
Sponsors: Jud and Audrey Laine Seymour
Cypress
Name: Cypress
Sex: Female
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Reproductive Adult
Length: 2.5 meters / 8’ 2”
Estimated Weight: 63.8 kg / 140lbs
Tail Tag: Purple, 169
Tail Notches: C
Tagged Date: 7/29/2018
Tag Status: Tag fell off approximately 05/24/2019 (date of last GPS point before tag was recovered from swamp on June 4 2019)
Tagged Location: Green River @ Grumpy’s Turnaround, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, GA
Sponsors: Anonymous
Sally
Name: Sally
Sex: Female
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Reproductive Adult
Length: 2.69 meters / 8′ 9″
Estimated Weight: 81.69 kg / 180lbs
Tail Tag: Purple, 175
Tail Notches: AJ
Tagged Date: 8/16/2018
Tag Status: Removed 5/9/2020
Tagged Location: Boardwalk Gazebo, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, GA
Sponsors: Multiple (This tag was purchased from a combination of small donations to the project)
Kitty
Name: Kitty
Sex: Female
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult
Length: 2.72m / 8’ 11”
Estimated Weight: 84 kg / 185lbs
Tail Tag: Orange, 30
Tail Notches: EFG
Tagged Date: Sat Tag 07/17/2019
Tag Status: Active (Needs removed)
Tagged Location: Boat Dock, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, GA
Sponsors: Project Donors like you!
Laura S. Walker
Name: Laura (Laura Singleton Walker)
Sex: Female
Species: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Stage of Life: Adult
Length: 2.85m / 9’ 4”
Estimated Weight: 100kg / 220lbs
Tail Tag: Purple 165
Tail Notches: AFG
Tagged Date: Sat Tag 06/24/2020
Tag Status: Active
Tagged Location: Pioneer Island, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, GA
Sponsors: Okefenokee Swamp Park
All photos by University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, unless otherwise noted.