Brazil’s Snake Island is the Stuff of Nightmares

Just 20 miles off Brazil’s southeastern coast lies one of the world’s most frightening and mysterious islands. Ilha da ...
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This snake island in Brazil is home to over 4,000 golden lancehead vipers and their deadly, life-saving venom

Brazil’s Snake Island, officially Ilha da Queimada Grande, is often imagined as a realm of peril, yet its significance goes far beyond danger. This remote island is an ecological gem, home to some of ...
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A Herpetologist Explores ‘Snake Island’ — Home To The World’s Largest Concentration Of Venomous Snakes

Few places in the world are more dangerous than Ilha da Queimada Grande — the Brazilian island where venomous vipers rule the land and only a few researchers are ever allowed. Despite their fearsome ...