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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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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. The average golden lancehead snake sells for somewhere between $10,000 and $30,000.

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The island is the only natural home of the critically endangered, venomous Bothrops insularis (golden lancehead pit viper), which has a diet of birds. The snakes became trapped on the island thousands of years ago following the end of the last ice age when rising ocean levels disconnected the island from the mainland.

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You may ask. Well, it's a little-known fact that, according to legend, Achilles was buried on Snake Island. The eighth- or seventh-century B.C. poem the Aethiopis relates that, after he received his fatal ankle injury at Troy, Achilles' remains were transported to the White Island by his mother Thetis.

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With a size of 42 acres, the island doesn't even have its own fresh water supply. However, the tiny speck of rock in the Black Sea has seen a number of Ukrainian military victories and its location makes it vitally important.

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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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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. The average golden lancehead snake sells for somewhere between $10,000 and $30,000.

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

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