Where is snake island located

If Brazil does give people permission to go to the island, they are required to take a doctor with them, according to the Smithsonian.

Just in case there is a run-in with the Golden Lancehead viper, the Brazilian government wants to make sure there is someone there to take care of the person who is bitten. A bite from a golden lancehead viper carries with it a seven percent chance of not living, and even with medical treatment, there is a three percent chance of not living, as the venom can cause failure of kidneys, damage muscle tissue or cause problems in the brain. The easiest way to survive is to simply avoid the island and have a percent chance of living.

The population has grown so much that according to the Smithsonian, it is said that there is one snake for every one square meter of land on Ilha da Queimada Grande.

In fact, the Lancehead snakes account for 90 percent of snake bites in Brazil, according to the Smithsonian. So that is something to think of when going to Brazil, to watch out for the snakes that bite a lot.

When something is rare, someone is always willing to buy it. And for that reason, smugglers go to the island and trap snakes and sell them on the black market, according to the Smithsonian. The reason the island is named Slash and Burn Fire is that that is what was done to it in order to try and prepare it to be a plantation for growing, according to Business Insider. A banana plantation, in fact, was supposed to grow out of the rainforest, but the failed attempt left the island with a pretty unique name, Ilha da Queimada Grande, and interesting story.

An island named after fire, slashing and burning, or an island named after snakes. There is no winning there. The other, according to the Smithsonian, is that of a fisherman whose boat wandered off course and he landed on the island. As he tried to pick bananas, a snake struck from the trees. As he tried to run back to his boat, he was bitten numerous times because, well, one snake for every square meter will do that. But those are only stories, but stories generally start from somewhere and are passed down.

In fact, it looks like the perfect place to anchor your boat and head to the beach or into the rainforest. It has a temperate climate and is just off the coast of Brazil, with temperatures ranging from 19 degrees Celsius in August to 28 degrees Celsius in March.

So do you still want to go to Snake Island after reading this? But the golden lancehead vipers can't track the birds they bite—so instead they evolved incredibly potent and efficient venom, three to five times stronger than any mainland snake's—capable of killing most prey and melting human flesh almost instantly.

Because of the danger, the Brazilian government strictly controls visits to Ilha da Queimada Grande.

Even without a government ban, though, Ilha da Queimada Grande probably wouldn't be a top tourist destination: the snakes on the island exist in such a high concentration that some estimates claim that there's one snake for every square meter in some spots. A bite from a golden lancehead carries a seven percent chance of death, and even with treatment, victims still have have a three percent chance of dying.

The snake's venom can cause kidney failure , necrosis of muscular tissue, brain hemorrhaging and intestinal bleeding. The Brazilian government requires that a doctor be present on any legally sanctioned visits, in the event of an unfortunate run-in with the island's native population. The Brazilian navy does make an annual stop on the island for maintenance of the lighthouse, which, since the s, has been automated.

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