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What island has 20,000 snakes?

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



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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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Ilha da Queimada Grande is also known as Snake Island. Located off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean, the place is administered as part of the municipality of Itanhaém in the State of São Paulo.

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A few humans used to live on the island to operate a lighthouse, but that ended in the 1920s when the lighthouse became automated. Now the only visitors to Snake Island are a once-a-year visit by the Brazilian Navy to check on the lighthouse, and a very few select scientists that have a permit to study the snakes.

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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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Hawaii is a tropical island with no known snakes because of its geographical isolation.

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Forty-seven species of snake have been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago, making the snake population of this area the most diverse in the Caribbean. Forty-four of these snake species are found in Trinidad and twenty-one in Tobago.

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Hawaii has no native snakes. But, unfortunately, that doesn't mean it's snake-free. The islands have seen their fair share of snake species thanks to travel, stowaways, and illegal smuggling. However, Hawaii is far from overrun, in part, thanks to the fact that it's illegal to own snakes.

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