Snake Island, located off the coast of Brazil, is considered one of the most dangerous places on Earth. With an estimated 430 ...

There is an island just off the coast of southeastern Brazil where people are forbidden and every animal that lands on its ...

And it’s also thought that poachers have been known to visit the island and claim a golden lancehead viper for their own, with their price fetching as high as £17,500 ($30,000) on the black market.

What was once about 4,000 Golden Lancehead Vipers on the island, is now much less, with numbers on a sharp decline. “Even the back part of the island from the Lighthouse onwards, ...

How many snakes are on Snake Island? Of the 430,000 square meters (106 acres) available to the golden lanceheads of Snake Island, they live in just 255,000 square meters (63 acres) of dense forest ...

Ilha da Queimada Grande, known colloquially as “ Snake Island,” is a jut of oceanic rock that measures some 43 hectares (106 acres), and most people — including decision-makers in the Brazilian ...

And it’s also thought that poachers have been known to visit the island and claim a golden lancehead viper for their own, with their price fetching as high as £17,500 ($30,000) on the black market.

How Dangerous is Snake Island? The golden lancehead is a species of pit viper that can only be found on the island. It has evolved in isolation on Snake Island for the past 11,000 years. The ...

The remote island is home to an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 golden lancehead snakes—equivalent to 25 to 50 snakes per American Football pitch. Queimada Grande's snakes are a unique type of pit ...

Medical research into the golden lancehead’s venom has indicated that it could have applications in the treatment of illnesses such as heart disease. How many snakes are there on the island?

Located 93 miles off São Paulo's coast, Ilha da Queimada Grande is famously known as Snake Island. Home to thousands of golden lancehead vipers with venom potent enough to dissolve human flesh ...

The first systematic study of the golden lancehead population found the number to be 2,000 to 4,000, concentrated almost entirely in the island's rainforest area. Don't miss ...