The Swamp People: Hunting Alligators in the swamps of Louisiana is a way of life

SWAMP PeOPle Meet Male Average 11.2 ft 400-500 lbs Female Average 8.2 ft 200 lbs Troy Landry Male Largest on record 19.2 ft nearly 2,000lbs Female Largest on record 10.2 ft 300+ Ibs Nest temperature determines an alligator baby's sex. Above 93 degrees-All will be Male Temperatures in between will produce both sexes Below 0 degrees-All will be Female FEMALES LAY 35-50 EGGS. HISTORY The eggs are hard-shelled, white and about 3 inches long. Incubation period-65 days Troy Landry is one of those descendants, who learned from his father, who learned from his father before him, and who is teaching his own sons how to survive in the swamp. Hell-bent each episode on hunting those "GATORS" SWAMP PEOPLE is the story of the American spirit, of the lost art of doing things the right way and of the unyielding desire to preserve a dying way of life from the encroaching modern world. Deep in southern Louisiana, there are nearly one million acres of flooded forest, marshland and bayous-the Atchafalaya Swamp-which is unlike any place else in the United States. It's a hidden world, a place where nature still rules, and one of the least-known territories in the United States. These are a hardy breed of "Swamp People," who know the secrets of this dangerous and mysterious territory. Most are Cajun descendants of French-speaking settlers who came from Canada in the 1700s-and their way of life has been fundamentally the same for generations. They are America's forgotten pioneers. SWAMP PedPle