“Get close-up to alligators and still keep all your fingers”

Enter the mysterious, uncharitable wilderness of Okefenokee, 700 square miles of swampland on the Georgia-Florida border.

Eerie, forbidding, and darkly beautiful - Okefenokee is ruled by a relative of the dinosaur: the fearsome alligator.

Day and night the alligator glides silently through its steamy realm, stony eyes just above the waterline, mouth held in a seemingly perpetual smile.

Join scientists as they study the behaviour of these huge and powerful reptiles in Realm Of The Alligator.

Set deep in the Okefenokee swamp between Florida and Georgia, National Geographic’s Realm of the Alligator delves deep into the lives of these fearsome and ferocious creatures.

Pernell Roberts narrates in detail the reproductive habits and developmental tendencies of alligators, and the program also includes violent feeding scenes in which a gator slowly moves in on its prey before pouncing with incredible speed.

The scenes are jarring and intense, giving the viewer vivid insight into the danger that an alligator can pose. The documentary also features interviews with scientists who have devoted their lives to the study of these contemporary dinosaurs.

Produced for National Geographic Channel.