How infested is Snake Island?

Researchers estimate that 2,000 to 4,000 golden lanceheads live on the island—that's between one and five snakes per square meter. The number of snakes might not be so terrible if they were, say, two inches long and nonvenomous.



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Just off the coast of Brazil lies the tiny island of Gueimada Grande, or “Snake Island” as it is more commonly known. Despite beautiful luscious forest and rocky terrain, this is not an island you would wish to stumble upon! Over it's 106 acres it is home to aproximately 430,000 deadly vipers.

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The answer is a hard no. That island is known to be inhabited by the Golden Lancehead Viper. It is one of the most poisonous snakes in the world and the venom is 3 to five times stronger than the mainland snakes. It's also capable of melting human flesh with its venom.

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Legends. Danger. But there's no escaping that the most abundant thing on Snake Island is the snakes, to be precise, about 2,000-4,000 of the most venomous snakes in Latin America.

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Snake Island: The Rundown On This Dangerous Place
It is considered one of the most dangerous destinations in the world. An enormous number of great white sharks swim around the Islands and pass through the short passageway between them,.

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These vipers' venom can kill a person in under an hour. Island is uninhabited for a long time, and closed for visits or tours, available only for Brazilian Navy and for research teams, granted special permission on every occasion.

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“The snakes can swim but if they got to the mainland they wouldn't be a risk because they can't hibernate anywhere there,” he said.

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Both tourists and Brazilian locals are forbidden from visiting Ilha de Queimada Grande. The island is so dangerous that the only people who have ever been permitted to visit are the Brazilian Navy, who stops by once a year to maintain the island's lighthouse, and groups of biologists who study the snakes. Wildlife.

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Pomponius Mela wrote that Achilles was buried there. In Andromache, work of Euripides, Thetis mention the island and said that Achilles was dwelling on his island home. Ruins believed to be of a square temple dedicated to Achilles, 30 meters to a side, were discovered by the Russian naval Captain N. D.

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And the danger on the island comes in the form of the golden lancehead pit vipers – one of the deadliest snakes in the world. The lanceheads can grow to be over a foot-and-a-half long and it's estimated that there are between 2,000 and 4,000 of them on Snake Island.

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About 20,000 pit vipers can be found only on Shedao Island in China's Bohai Sea.

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