It's desert AND deserted. Definitely no gators -- it's out in the middle of salty Florida Bay, and gators like fresh water. I suppose an adventurous crocodile (they like saltwater) could manage to swim that far from Key Largo. The only reason Everglades Park allows people on this particular island is that there is nothing there to attract any member of the animal kingdom except mosquitoes -- and I don't know how they survive, either.