Kaymada Grande Island, also called Snake Island, is one of the most dangerous travel destinations in the world. Located off the Brazilian coast, the island includes about 445 km 2 of forests, and its main danger is that hundreds of thousands of different snakes, including poisonous ones, live here.
Kaymada Grande Island - A Deadly Natural Miracle
This incredibly dangerous Serpent Island is located about 32 kilometers off the coast of São Paulo in Brazil. Many locals are aware that it exists, but there are only a few who ventured to set foot on the most dangerous island in the world, Keymad-Grandi and at the same time returned from there alive.
Not every adventurer will risk his life in order to admire the most deadly snakes in the world, capable of melting human flesh with their poison. Indeed, Keymada Grandi, or the Serpent Island, is considered so life-threatening that the Brazilian authorities prohibited its visit. An interesting fact is that in Brazil there is another Serpent Island located in Rio de Janeiro, but without snakes.
History of Snake Island
According to one theory of the emergence of the island, 11 thousand years ago, sea level rose significantly and separated a piece of land from Brazil. Despite the favorable climatic conditions, the snakes that remained there found themselves in a very difficult position (in terms of food), which probably affected the lethality and bloodthirstiness of their future descendants.
The snakes left in complete isolation continued their kind, and they were fed by migratory birds, who used the island (Keymada Grande) as a transit point during their seasonal trips. Many snakes climb trees very well, so it’s easy for them to get food by hunting birds. From time to time, snakes themselves become prey, mainly young individuals. Cormorants arriving from the coast of Brazil attack snake cubs while avoiding adults.
Not a good place to stay
Forbidden island is called due to the fact that on 1 m 2 area there are 5 poisonous snakes, according to legends. Perhaps this fact is a little exaggerated, but, nevertheless, it still has to do with real indicators. Keymada Grandi is an island where snakes are the full owners of the territory, and people are better off not appearing here.
If you watch the island from the water, you can see whole balls of snakes that calmly bask in the sun on the coastal cliffs. With great desire, one could try to evict these reptiles from the island. But the fact is that many of them are on the verge of extinction, and the island of Keymada Grande is the only place where they can be found, therefore, all measures are taken to protect and protect them, despite the fact that they themselves are also able to stand up for myself.
Island botrops - one of the most poisonous snakes on the planet
Despite its attractive appearance, the island has nothing to do with a paradise. The only building in this uninhabited place is the lighthouse erected in 1909, which now works offline. Of the thousands of snake species on the island, the most dangerous island zararaka (island botrops) stands out. This is one of the deadliest snakes in the world. Her bite causes necrosis of muscle tissue. Due to the incredibly strong poison, for example, an animal the size of a small mouse dies in 2 seconds.
The effect of a bite of an island botrops on a person
Botrops is a very fast, strong and poisonous reptile. Its poison is dangerous not only for animals, but also for humans. Survivors after a bite tell the most terrible stories after meeting with a snake. The fact is that bitten places are literally corroded, and human flesh falls off in whole pieces, as well as great blood loss, and a person experiences acute pain. After several deaths, attempts to settle in Kaimada Grande (the island of poisonous snakes) ceased.
Unsuccessful attempts to inhabit Snake Island
At the end of the 19th century, several businessmen from the city of São Paulo tried to colonize the island. The plans of the businessmen were to smash the vast banana plantations in this territory, burn the forests and destroy the creeping reptiles. But the true owners of the island showed the colonialists who was the master here. Once on the shore, the hired workers were immediately attacked by snakes, from which even high rubber boots could not save. This round ended in favor of reptiles.
After some time, the colonization was continued by a more prepared group. Work clothes were made using special technology and well protected from snakebites. However, there was another unaccounted problem. Keymad-Grandi (Snake Island), whose photos are terrifying, is characterized by a very hot climate, and workers had to make a cruel choice: to be bitten or die from suffocation. In such a rubberized suit in the heat, people simply could not stand the heart.
They even tried to burn the island, which was prevented by periodic rainfall. After unsuccessful attempts to conquer the island from snakes, ownership of them again returned to the state. A lighthouse was built on the partially liberated territory, which, however, does not mean that you can find a shelter here, but warns you that it is unsafe for human health to look in here, which does not stop curious tourists who want to see at least from afar a snake teeming with snakes Isle.