Okefenokee is a vast, marshy federal nature reserve on the border between Georgia and Florida. Abundant fish and aquatic small fry feeds an impressive army of predators, including such terrors as alligators (kept in check by nest-raiding raccoons), poisonous snakes and giant, yet elusive eel-like salamanders, and omnivores. Peet-rich waters however aren't nutritious, hence populated with specialists like flesh-eating plants. Draining by prisoners-dug canals failed to open the swampland up for exploitation before it was protected. Regular natural fires grow bigger, longer and more frequent due to climate warming.