Channel: What If

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: This island off the coast of Brazil is illegal to visit. Why? This is Snake Island. It's populated by 4,000 golden lancehead viper snakes, and they're not so friendly to humans. What would happen if you tried to coexist with these repitles? Transcript and sources: whatifshow.com/what-if-you-spent-a-month-on-snake-island 00:00 Snake island 00:48 Tropical death trap 01:30 Snake danger 02:24 Venom evolution Questions or concerns? Contact us at underknown.com/contact Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: bit.ly/ytc-the-what-if-100-book Join this channel to get access to perks: youtube.com/channel/UCphTF9wHwhCt-BzIq-s4V-g/join Check out our other shows: How to Survive: bit.ly/how-to-survive-show Your Body on: bit.ly/your-body-on-show Crazy Creatures: bit.ly/crazy-creatures-show Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: bit.ly/YT-what-if-Earth The Cosmos: bit.ly/YT-what-if-Cosmos Technology: bit.ly/YT-what-if-Technology Your Body: bit.ly/YT-what-if-Body Humanity: bit.ly/YT-what-if-Humanity T-shirts and merch: bit.ly/whatifstore Suggest an episode: bit.ly/suggest-whatif Newsletter: bit.ly/whatif-newsletter What If elsewhere: Instagram: bit.ly/whatif-instagram Discord: discord.gg/WzkQPB3nea Twitter: bit.ly/whatif-twitter Facebook: bit.ly/facebook-whatif What If in Spanish: bit.ly/YT-Spanish-what-if What If in Mandarin: bit.ly/YT-Chinese-what-if Podcast: bit.ly/yt-what-if-show-podcast What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way. Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: underknown.com Contact us at underknown.com/contact #SnakeIsland #Vipers #Reptiles