Most deadly island in the world
Posted by staff / July 16, 2013 Ilha Queimada GrandeSnake Islandsnakes
The most deadly island is Snake Island, off the coast of Brazil’s São Paulo. It’s called Snake Island for good reason – it’s covered with Ilha Queimada Grande, or deadly Golden Lancehead vipers.
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From Slate, a bit about these snakes and the island:
Unique to the island, this species of serpent is believed to have the fastest acting venom of any Lancehead viper. The effects of its bite include bleeding orifices, brain hemorrhaging, and kidney failure.
The density of snakes on the island is estimated at one per square meter, many of which are found overhead, hanging from the trees. In other words: death, every 3 feet, in all directions. Locals in the coastal towns near the Queimada Grande happily recount grisly tales about the island. In one, a fisherman unwittingly wanders onto the island to pick bananas and is bitten only moments after stepping ashore. The fisherman manages to stumble back to his boat before dying in a pool of his own blood.
For more on this story, see here: Slate.
Photo credit: Wiki Commons photo by Grzegorznadolski
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