How to Survive Snake Island

Snakes on your left. Snakes on your right. Giant cockroaches behind you. And in front of you, the open sea. It’s difficult to get to this island in the first place. But it’s almost impossible to get out alive. About 33 km (20 mi) off the coast of Brazil, near the state of Sao Paulo, there’s a place so dangerous that it’s uninhabited and closed to visitors or tours. Ilha da Queimada Grande, also known as Snake Island, is only 430,000 m2 (106 acres). But it is home to a…

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