Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
• VHS Release Date: July 11, 1997
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304474415
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #247,156 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Most commonly thought of as hand-removal machines, alligators are the undisputed top carnivores of America's southern wetlands. National Geographic's Realm of the Alligator takes you deeper than you'd ever want to go in person into the Okefenokee swamp, straddling Florida and Georgia, to explore the private lives of these modern-day dinosaurs. The feeding scenes are awe-inspiring--to see such a large, typically slow-moving animal strike with such speed and ferocity is breathtaking. Reproduction and development are covered in depth, as well, with tiny alligators crawling out of their eggs to begin their carnivorous lives almost immediately. Exciting and informative, National Geographic's Realm of the Alligator lets you get close and still keep all your fingers. --Rob Lightner

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars alligators in Okefenokee Swamp, August 30, 2000

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Adam Thomas (swansea, W.Glam Wales) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Geographic's Realm of the Alligator [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great video that will give you a lot of information about alligators. It will basically tell you how they hunt, how they mate and how they bring up there young. there are some good sequences in this video including a scence with a snake and how people can attract alligators. This video also gives some information on the Okefenokee swamp and what other creatures live there.This is a good information tape on alligators so check it out!!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alligatoridi's family,Mississippiensis., August 31, 2006

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AlexanderTheGreat "AlexofCaslano" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Geographic's Realm of the Alligator [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Some people get scared or feel pain when an alligator devours it's victim.Perhaps because it's an ugly animal,monstrous,yet must eat.It's the law of nature that gives balance to every being on Earth.Everything has it's own function.Sometimes they too,are victims.Their eggs are stolen by other faster beasts and sometimes they are shot by men.

Alligators eat all up without leaving anything behind,not even the horns of a gazelle.I saw once,a hugh,really a hugh salmon being served on a table for quite a number of people....but only few pieces were eaten.The rest was a waste to be thrown away.

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, May 29, 2011

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Julie A. De Mey "prnlfan" (Wiscinsin, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: National Geographic's Realm of the Alligator [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Narrated in the sweet voice of Pernell Roberts this video gives more information than I got when visiting the places mentioned. I didnt know until viewing this how large Okefenokee was. I will view this a hundred times and get new info every time. Very well worth the few dollars paid. An extremely excellent value that I will treasure!