United States, Georgia, Brantley County, 31.19688, -81.9819Geoff L. Johnson2018-08-05Alligators are among the hundreds of animal species to make their home in the Okefenokee Swamp.Photograph of an alligator in the Okefenokee Swamp in Brantley County, Georgia. Only its eyes and snout rise from the water.The vocal communications of alligators, coupled with protective maternal behavior, give these large reptiles a reputation and aura of omnipresence unmatched by any other species of wildlife in the Okefenokee Swamp.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/natural-history-okefenokee-swampForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/natural-history-okefenokee-swampForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaPhotograph by Geoff L. JohnsonAlligators--Georgia--Brantley CountySwamps--Georgia--Brantley CountyOkefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.)Water lilies--Georgia--Brantley CountySwamp plants--Georgia--Brantley CountyAlligatorStillImage