Travel - Gator Feeding Frenzy?

A fisherman records hundreds of reptiles engaging in a very unusual behaviour in a swamp at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in USA.

The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a 395,080 acre (1,598 km²) National Wildlife RefugeCharlton, Ware, and Clinch Counties of Georgia, and Baker County in Florida, United States. The refuge is administered from offices in Folkston, Georgia. The refuge was established in 1937 to protect a majority of the 438,000 acre (1,772 km²) Okefenokee Swamp. The name "Okefenokee" is a Native American word meaning "trembling earth."

A wildfire which began with a lightning strike near the center of the Refuge on May 5, 2007 eventually merged with another wildfire which had begun near Waycross, Georgia on April 16 due to a tree falling on a power line. By May 28, more than 580,000 acres (2,300 km²) had burned in the region, or more than 900 square miles (2300 km²).

Nearly 400,000 people visit the refuge each year, making it the 16th most visited refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge System. It is the largest in acreage of any that is not located in a western state. In 1999, the economic impact of tourism in Charlton, Ware, and Clinch Counties in Georgia exceeded $67 million. The refuge has a staff of 16 with a fiscal year 2005 budget of $1,451,000.Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge also administers the Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge.