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Snake Island

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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The Golden Lancehead Viper on Snake Island

Snake Island is home to two types of snake. The first is a non-venomous savage snail eater, which feeds mostly on snails and small bugs. It's basically everyone ignores it. Snake Island is the only place in the world where you can find the Golden Lancehead Viper. Karina says it ended up there because of a kind of perfect storm of changing landscape.

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