Real Jurassic Park island home to thousands of venomous snakes that 'melt human flesh'
dailystar.co.ukSnake Island, as it's home to thousands of venomous serpents that make it one of the deadliest places in the world.This real-life Jurassic Park is a strange natural anomaly which has been separated from mainland Brazil for thousands of years after sea levels rose following the last Ice Age.When this happened, all that was left on the island were the snakes, who were forced to adapt aggressively to survive. READ MORE: Chilling words of Chicago 4th of July shooting suspect revealed in sickening Twitter vidThe only snake that exists on the island is a breed known as the golden lancehead pit viper, a critically endangered species.Over the many years the island has been isolated, this snake population has exploded and it's currently thought that one to five snakes can be found on every square meter of the island.
The only source of food for this rapidly expanding snake population is the ready supply of sea birds that visit the island to lay their eggs.
But in order to sustain themselves, the vipers underwent a terrifying evolution with their venom now 3 to 5 times stronger than those of snakes found on the mainland and capable of 'melting human flesh'.
Indeed, should a human be exposed to the venom it's thought that it can cause brain haemorrhage, internal bleeding, and kidney failure.
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