Some places are supposed to remain untouched in peace, unmarked. If you wish to safeguard the area you live in, what would you do? Do you build an enclosure around it? Maybe you could get some dogs to keep it safe? If I tell you mother nature has ways to guard a spot such as an Island? Today’s blog will look at among the top hazardous areas around the globe: Ilha da Queirmada Grande which is also called”the Snake Island.
Presenting Queimada Grande – The Snake Island
In the middle of the ocean, about 90 miles from the shores of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Queimada Grande looks like a stunning and commonplace island. It is a paradise-like island located in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. However, this is only an illusion. Despite the island’s natural beauty, it is not a destination for a vacation or adventure. It’s among the top hazardous areas on earth.
Let’s look at it from a different angle. It’s isolated, and secondly, there aren’t any beaches that you can go to. Thirdly, there are a lot of Golden Lancehead snakes, endemic to the island (yes, this species is considered to be the one with the highest deadly around, can only find there).
Okay, what’s the conclusion? If you want to ask me, it’s evident and tangible ” Stay Away From This Island!“.
A large number of dangerous snakes rendered it difficult for humans to live with snakes on the island. Because of the risk of snakes, the Brazilian government has strict control over the visits to Queimada Grande Island. This island is so hazardous that authorities from the Brazilian navy have banned visitors from landing there.
Let’s discuss our snake populations first. The researchers believe that there are between one and five snakes on the island for every square meter. This is the largest concentration of venomous snakes around the globe. Before you begin to think about the likelihood of being bit, it is important to be aware that the consequences of lancehead envenomations include swelling, pain in the local area nausea and vomiting, bleeding and blood blisters blood in the vomit, diarrhea, intestinal bleeding, and hemorrhage and kidney failure in the brain, and severe necrosis of the muscle tissue which is scary!
Snake’s Profile
It is known as the Bothrops Insularis, often referred to by the name of golden lancehead, is a pitviper with venom named after the mild yellowish-brown hue of its underside as its head-shaped shape. They prefer to be in the trees, in a different way from their counterparts on the continent, the Bothrops Jararaca, which is the cause for the majority of deaths caused by serpents that live in Brazil.
Due to the need to kill birds as swiftly as possible (they are not willing to allow their prayer to be carried away after the bite), the snake evolved an extremely fast-acting poison. The result is a venom that is five times more powerful than one of its cousins on the mainland, which can kill an individual within a single hour.
How Did It Happen?
At 55 million years old This island was linked to the mainland at the beginning. However, after glaciation (10 to 12 000 years ago), it was transformed into an island, separated by the continental shelf.
Without predators, the snakes could take control of the entire island. With the food shortage available, the vipers were formerly at ground level and were forced to change and adapt to learn to climb trees to stop birds on their way into the trees to rest.
Final Considerations
If you’re feeling fortunate, adventurous, or aren’t afraid of more than two thousand eyes watching you from the side of your walk-in, you may want to go there. Please make sure you know that this island isn’t open to tourists. However, the Brazilian government has sanctioned research and related civic-related actions. However, if I were in your position, I’d certainly take advice from Mother Nature and avoid that island.
