This is Snake Island, one of the most deadly places in the world. It has snakes on your left. And snakes on your right. Giant cockroaches are coming from behind. And nothing but open ocean in front of ...

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Just 20 miles off the coast of southeastern Brazil lies a place so dangerous it has been permanently closed to the public. Known as Snake Island, or Ilha da Queimada Grande, this remote outpost is ...