I live just outside of Houston, Texas and we've been having a drought here since about March it's rained maybe 3 or 4 times, so quite a few of the swamp areas around me are dried up. I decided to go out today with my brother and explore the dried out ones while we can by foot instead of boat. So we went into a couple and on the third one we stumbled on an alligator den with at least 10 alligator hatchlings inside that I could see from about 5 feet away since there were various vines and plants blocking me from getting closer. They looked to be less than a week or two old in my opinion, probably somewhere around 6 inches long, and without any water around like it usually would be at this time of year. The closest water is the bayou which is about 500 feet away in an area that has numerous feral hogs out at night judging by the tracks on the ground. So what i'm wondering is if these alligators can't get over to the water to feed or risk getting eaten by something on the way what chance do they have for surviving?

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