Check this fairytale trap-Snake island!
Just 30 kilometers from Sao Paulo is Snake Island, the place with the highest concentration of deadly reptiles in the world.
Just 30 kilometers from Sao Paulo is Snake Island, the place with the highest concentration of deadly reptiles in the world. And while the Land of Fire is not "fire" at all, Snake Island, which is located only 30 kilometers from the coast of Sao Paulo, Brazil, is really Snake Island. Although satellite images show an abundance of vegetation, rocky shores and crystal clear sea, this remote island is a breeding ground for snakes.
It is known as Keimada Grande (Ilja de Keimada Grande), and its area is only 0.45 square kilometers.There is no place on the entire planet where the concentration of venomous snakes is higher. Wherever you turn, you will see not one but several.
There are numerous legends about this sinister place. According to one of them, the only trace of human existence on the island is the lighthouse that was built at the very beginning of the 20th century. The lighthouse keeper lived on the island for a short time with his family, until ghostly creatures crawled into his house through open windows and massacred his family.
Where did so many snakes come from in such a small place?
Although historians have denied this on several occasions, urban legend says that the snakes were brought to the island by pirates, who buried their treasures there. The snakes multiplied so much that even the pirates themselves could not get to the treasure.
According to other theories, the population of snakes on this island has grown and developed for thousands of years without any human help. About 11,000 years ago, the sea level rose enough to isolate this island from the mainland, as a result of which snakes on it evolved differently than those on the mainland. As they had no natural enemies on the island, they managed to multiply. Since they had no land prey, they learned to climb and stalk birds.
The deadly species that lives on the island is called Ilja de Kemada Grande by the locals and is responsible for about 90 deaths from bites in Brazil.
Interestingly, there is no case in which someone survived long enough to get to the hospital.
'These snakes are an extremely painful death. In any case, you will die screaming,' explains biologist Brian Fry, one of the few researchers who dared to visit the island. It should be noted that the Brazilian government has banned travel to the island, and the only exceptions are special permits for scientists and research teams, provided they have a doctor on duty nearby, as well as protective suits.
