An island in Brazil has so many snakes that humans aren't allowed on it — and it's the stuff of nightmares
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- There are a lot of local legends about how the island came to have so many snakes.
- In reality, the vipers’ presence is the result of rising sea levels.
About 25 miles off the coast of Brazil, there is an island where no local would ever dare tread. Legend has it that the last fisherman who strayed too close to its shores was found days later adrift in his own boat, lifeless in a pool of blood.
The mysterious island is known as Ilha da Queimada Grande, and it is in fact so dangerous to set foot there that Brazil has made it illegal for anyone to visit. The danger on the island comes in the form of the golden lancehead snakes – a species of pit viper and one of the deadliest serpents in the world.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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