Snake Island (Full Length Documentary)

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  • Опубликовано: 28 мар 2014
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    The highest concentration of one of the most venomous snakes in the world is located about 90 miles off the coast of Santos, Brazil, on a small, craggy chunk of otherwise uninhabitable land. It's known as Ilha da Queimada Grande, or Snake Island, and it's the only place you will find 2,000 or so of the wholly unique golden lancehead viper, or Bothrops insularis.
    When you step ashore, with a keen eye you spot one of these snakes roughly every 10 to 15 minutes after clearing the base of the island, and as many as one every six square yards in other parts of the island. This means, as you are walking through the waist-high brush, even with some good boots on, it's like walking through a minefield that moves and, instead of blowing you into chunks, slowly paralyzes you and liquefies your insides, as the golden lancehead does to the migrating birds it feeds on in the treetops.
    Well, "liquefying your insides" may be a stretch, but no one knows for sure because no one bitten has lived long enough even to be admitted to a hospital, or at least none of the researchers who accompanied VICE on their journey to Snake Island owned up to that fact. Nor did the Brazilian Navy, who allowed VICE exclusive access to document their annual maintenance inspection of Snake Island's lighthouse-which has been automated ever since the 1920s, after the old lighthouse keeper ran out of food and disappeared while picking wild bananas in a small grove near the shore. According to legend, he and the members of his rescue party died one by one, all alone and in search of one another after each had been missing for some time.
    The golden lancehead is so unique and its venom so potent that specimens procured by snake-smuggling "biopirates" can fetch up to $30,000 apiece on the black market (with prices going much higher depending on the location of the rich weirdo snake collector or, some have speculated, the black-market biopharmaceutical chemists attempting to beat Brazil on a patent).
    Is that the craziest fucking description of a documentary you've ever heard? The answer is yes. So of course VICE's editor-in-chief, Rocco Castoro, and senior producer, Jackson Fager, had to go there and nose around for themselves. On their return they said things like:
    "It was like a David Lynch movie through the prism of Satan's asshole. The anti-Galápagos. Darwin in reverse."
    "[It's] cut off from the mainland and perhaps the land of a long-buried pirate treasure, according to the stories from local fishermen. But they also told us there were aliens on the island, so pretty much anything goes. It's scorched earth. It's where I would send my worst enemies to live, and I look forward to setting up a business with the Brazilian government to do just that. After the World Cup, of course."
    "What I can tell you is that there are stone fucking steps hand-carved into the face of one of the prominent cliffs, all the way up. But you can't dock anywhere near there. There's also the possibility that [the venom] could be used for an anti-cancer drug, or perhaps anti-aging. Maybe it could save mankind. Whatever. They wouldn't have saved my ass."
    "There are blue locusts and so many of these weird, prehistoric-looking cockroaches on the ground at night that it crunches when you walk. Place is fucked. No one is allowed there for a reason. Don't ever go."
    "All that said, great shoot. Great diving, too."
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  • @syntheticfun
    @syntheticfun 7 лет назад +11672

    Imagine crashing a ship in the sea then being so relieved to find an island you can survive on and it turns out to be this one

    • @Jimmy-oq3mt
      @Jimmy-oq3mt 7 лет назад +129

      syntheticfun that would be so bad

    • @jonfgy
      @jonfgy 7 лет назад +31

      syntheticfun rip

    • @amycastles7279
      @amycastles7279 7 лет назад +212

      syntheticfun this definitely needs to be a movie

    • @rohitshinde9540
      @rohitshinde9540 7 лет назад +77

      It is good script for a Movie!!! :-p

    • @jaydab
      @jaydab 7 лет назад +125

      Snakes on Plane.... Snakes on a Island..

  • @giacomohelliar4903
    @giacomohelliar4903 4 года назад +4242

    Just put some spiders in there and you got Australia

    • @kamisemire
      @kamisemire 4 года назад +50

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @kentuckymonkeys
      @kentuckymonkeys 4 года назад +44

      Not anymore

    • @mariotime448
      @mariotime448 4 года назад +95

      There are Brazilian wandering spiders and Giant centipedes too.

    • @ravichandrannair2615
      @ravichandrannair2615 4 года назад +103

      Put some tigers and leopards u have India

    • @mariotime448
      @mariotime448 4 года назад +55

      @@ravichandrannair2615 Put the jaguar, Black caiman and anacondas, u have the Amazon!

  • @user-mq3ts7lr9l
    @user-mq3ts7lr9l 4 года назад +3228

    Woman: "5 snakes"
    Me: *sees branches only"

  • @justcallmejessz3712
    @justcallmejessz3712 4 года назад +238

    When a Navy Admiral says he wont go to the island.....dont go bro!

  • @unnew9448
    @unnew9448 5 лет назад +2914

    I always wondered where all my exes went!

  • @x2x3456
    @x2x3456 9 лет назад +239

    The way we view snake island is the way animals view us, vast and deadly.

  • @2m7b5
    @2m7b5 2 года назад +342

    Honestly I thought he was exaggerating in the beginning, but this is genuinely terrifying. The only venomous snakes where I live are rattlesnakes and they'll let you know they're there way before they bite. The dense vegetation plus snakes that are quiet, everywhere, and probably not to happy to see you, just seems like a recipe for disaster that far from a hospital.

    • @SmEiF-
      @SmEiF- 2 года назад +1

      if you got rattlers you got copperheads most likely also bud. not many places without both in the americas where rattlers are. desert area ?

    • @2m7b5
      @2m7b5 2 года назад +1

      @@SmEiF- Yeah, southwest US. No copperheads here that I know of.

    • @leiajiang7877
      @leiajiang7877 Год назад

      The one actually decent sized snake I met let my dog step on its face without doing anything. There's only harmless snakes in so cal.

    • @kiki29073
      @kiki29073 Год назад

      Those desert rattlers are very potent aren't they?

    • @Iris_and_or_George
      @Iris_and_or_George Год назад

      Lol, the most venomous snake (the only one even I think) we have within at least 400km (250mil) is an asp viper. It is less painful than most bee stings(-: Only "dangerous" wild animal is a wild boar but you will never run into them while hiking in a group. They hear you from miles away. No ravines or cliffs. When we go into the forrest, by far the most dangerous things for our Wellbeing is us🤣😂

  • @abcdefgicell
    @abcdefgicell 4 года назад +184

    Watching this makes me feel there's a snake lurking in my surroundings now 😅

    • @lisamartin3734
      @lisamartin3734 4 года назад +24

      Every time I go to the bathroom I look in the toilet to see if there's snakes in there. By the way I am 56 yo.

    • @abcdefgicell
      @abcdefgicell 4 года назад +4

      @@lisamartin3734 HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA can't blame you, I feel the same way 😂

    • @lupevaldez8456
      @lupevaldez8456 4 года назад +3

      Check under your bed

    • @briannamccray7947
      @briannamccray7947 4 года назад +6

      I've been seeing videos of snakes coming from sinks and toilets. This is definitely not helping

    • @bogdanstojanovic2540
      @bogdanstojanovic2540 4 года назад +5

      I have a snake in my pants, its been there since birth. Kinda weird, I know.

  • @Jason-qv5sp
    @Jason-qv5sp 5 лет назад +3554

    This dude looks like el chapo but sounds like a white kid named tanner

  • @tyrajackson6816
    @tyrajackson6816 4 года назад +2562

    Bee keepers get more protection than these guys

    • @matthewotremba9230
      @matthewotremba9230 4 года назад +18

      HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ,,,,,,,,,,,,, COUGH , COUGH

    • @Lovejuicyfruity
      @Lovejuicyfruity 4 года назад +98

      i went on amazon forest as a tourist once and there we had to have shin protectors bcs of snakes and use jeans pants and hard shoes (long sneakers, military boots, etc) we also shouldve used a long sleeved shirts, but we got to not use it bcs the trees were all cut down in the path, so we wouldnt actually touch any plant leaf that looked like any animal, BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE PUSHING THEIR LUCK, that woman with NO SLEEVES on her shirt is like ASKING for some vine snake to JUMP in her arms honestly their clothes are giving me so much anxiety

    • @alp350
      @alp350 4 года назад +4

      I thinks theres a new invented fabric that even a knife can tear

    • @sarahamira1971
      @sarahamira1971 3 года назад +10

      @@Lovejuicyfruity well i thought that too.. but then i think, they probably use strong fragrance, in order to keep the snakes away.. since from what i know snakes mainly uses heat and odor to sense the environment, and use anything with strong smell would make the snakes confused and go away.

    • @snakyYT
      @snakyYT 3 года назад

      HAHA

  • @gregorymyers3886
    @gregorymyers3886 2 года назад +133

    The fact they didn't die or get attacked is a reminder of something a lot of people really don't understand. Unless threatened, most snakes are quite docile, especially toward particularly large creatures like humans.

    • @ycgdante8209
      @ycgdante8209 Год назад +8

      Golden Lanceheads will attack without warning or without any provocation.

    • @williamrasengan
      @williamrasengan Год назад +7

      That particular species of snake evolved without natural predators. They fear absolutely nothing!

    • @youdontmatter1831
      @youdontmatter1831 Год назад +3

      Yeah f that I hate snakes

    • @NativeVirgo
      @NativeVirgo 5 месяцев назад

      Many vipers will deliver a deadly injection without warning or provocation... they're vipers and they don't give a damn.

  • @floridaman6643
    @floridaman6643 3 года назад +53

    The guy being happy about the view is gold, truly amazing.

  • @Maurimaxxx
    @Maurimaxxx 5 лет назад +1429

    I'm from Brazil. Some say the Island has a treasure hidden in the caves full of snakes. Pirates used to navigate those waters when Brazil was a Colony and some stole a lot of Gold at that time when Brazil used to produce more than 1/3 of World's gold. No one has ever found anything though - nor tried to find anyway. And for those arguing about Helicopters, Brazil has the second highest number of Helicopters in the World. But we cant build anything on the Island. It is a Natural Reserve and there are laws restricting anything else to be built!

    • @stomerriame1593
      @stomerriame1593 5 лет назад +21

      How do they construct light house there?

    • @fuhtsgeorge7663
      @fuhtsgeorge7663 5 лет назад +124

      @@stomerriame1593
      That lighthouse was first constructed in the twenties before it was declared a protected natural reserve which is probably why it doesn't have a proper wharf just an iron bar in the rocks.

    • @shadowdeslaar
      @shadowdeslaar 4 года назад

      Yan Silva damn
      Who has the first
      America

    • @Maritoargentino
      @Maritoargentino 4 года назад +4

      Scary shit my friend

    • @smallbrandproductions6906
      @smallbrandproductions6906 4 года назад +23

      @@qayn7617 Who is going to buy radioactive gold?

  • @TheDudimus
    @TheDudimus 10 лет назад +366

    Employee insurance rates at Vice must be through the fucking roof.

    • @RollerFoxx
      @RollerFoxx 5 лет назад +30

      No insurance company would cover anyone who works at Vice lol

    • @candycane5458
      @candycane5458 2 года назад +3

      Hahah.

  • @spartan1010101
    @spartan1010101 4 года назад +666

    While I enjoyed learning about snake island, you can really tell the host really has no knowledge of snakes or animals in general. I get that it's entertaining and all to talk about how your life was in danger and all but in reality there are few animals that will actively try to kill a human unprovoked. One of the first signs is just the fact that he doesn't acknowledge the difference between "poisonous" and "venomous" organisms. His recap at the end also incites an unnecessary fear "we made it out alive because the island let us". The researchers have been visiting on a regular basis with few issues so clearly the island and its snakes are not out to get people. It's needless fear mongering, that will make people want to kill venomous snakes out of fear. Are they dangerous animals, yes, but that doesn't mean every encounter is life threatening. Acting like standing still under a tree is encouraging snakes to bite you is just excessive.

    • @brentsmith1367
      @brentsmith1367 4 года назад +9

      So true

    • @GrubbJunker
      @GrubbJunker 4 года назад +56

      Of course, if you take immense precaution, it wouldn't be as life-threatening as he claims, but that goes for anywhere on this Planet. For the common person, yes it is absurdly dangerous and most certainly life-threatening. The snakes don't need to be violent. All you need is to step on one by mistake, which is very likely to happen, given their sheer number. They are more than correct to use fear-mongering tactics to keep the local rubes away from it.

    • @chitoo95
      @chitoo95 4 года назад +12

      nice essay

    • @spartan1010101
      @spartan1010101 4 года назад +42

      @@GrubbJunker You don't keep people safe by telling them scary stories about things. That's how grannies do things, you educate them. Tell them how dangerous they are, not how scary they can be. Scared people panic, they get irrational, and then they fuck things up.

    • @khalilrazak6486
      @khalilrazak6486 4 года назад +13

      Still you have to have balls of steel to go on that island.

  • @johnlouie5397
    @johnlouie5397 4 года назад +674

    My ex girlfriend would have been the queen here

    • @PoochieCollins
      @PoochieCollins 3 года назад +9

      Glad to see you and your ex have broken up amicably!

    • @nc5460
      @nc5460 3 года назад +2

      LOLLL

    • @englandismanscity4798
      @englandismanscity4798 3 года назад +5

      We that might be funny if you didn’t have coc as your pfp

    • @Glitchmelon
      @Glitchmelon 3 года назад +13

      @@englandismanscity4798 that doesn't sound right

    • @flyerthantheg6
      @flyerthantheg6 3 года назад +1

      mine too

  • @BahrSRX
    @BahrSRX 8 лет назад +414

    I work with snakes as kind of a side living. I work with the large pythons all the way to the small harmless garden snakes. I catch and relocate venomous snakes. Point is, I'm not scared of snakes. But fuck that island.

    • @danialaslam9969
      @danialaslam9969 6 лет назад +19

      Saint Vicious hahahah epic 😂🔥

    • @facetiousbadger
      @facetiousbadger 6 лет назад +16

      Saint Vicious I love that the guy from Vice is wearing snake boots. With those kinds of snakes they're about as useful as half a raincoat in a downpour.

    • @jayrulez7808
      @jayrulez7808 6 лет назад +2

      Hahahaha lmaaaao

    • @janellestewart5625
      @janellestewart5625 2 года назад +2

      😆😆😆

    • @bass_c94
      @bass_c94 2 года назад +2

      I whole heartedly agree with this comment

  • @MrTigerlore
    @MrTigerlore 8 лет назад +841

    So if each snake is worth $30,000, and there's 2000 snakes on the island... that's $60,000,000! Gotta catch 'em all! Nature is precious. My precious.

    • @alexpowers1237
      @alexpowers1237 8 лет назад +20

      im in.

    • @MrHalo087
      @MrHalo087 7 лет назад +110

      Tiger H. Lore that is the typical greedy piece of shit attitude that have made soo many beatiful types of animals extinct or nearing it.

    • @PeetaGrifffin
      @PeetaGrifffin 6 лет назад +9

      Love the spirit

    • @Kh1011001
      @Kh1011001 6 лет назад +6

      Id eat them all

    • @teofiloaquino7506
      @teofiloaquino7506 6 лет назад +8

      Tiger H. Lore need to catch them all? Im in ..wait i need a poke ball XD

  • @deftlawson
    @deftlawson 2 года назад +15

    12:08 almost kicking the dude in the face like twice and him smiling the whole time was so funny

  • @theschneider9716
    @theschneider9716 3 года назад +60

    This is giving me some jurassic park vibes. With a bunch of locals being terrified of an island and the government warning people not to go there.

    • @vc7442
      @vc7442 2 года назад

      *vice hold my beer*

  • @MrBlitzpunk
    @MrBlitzpunk 5 лет назад +219

    "Lol you thought your job was hard?" - Snake Island Light House keeper

  • @MadonnasSpareVagina
    @MadonnasSpareVagina 9 лет назад +1812

    At least it isn't Spider Island.

    • @kevinalvas946
      @kevinalvas946 9 лет назад +5

      Yea

    • @357sweetmisty357
      @357sweetmisty357 9 лет назад +125

      Snake.. spider island.. either one Fuck That! 😱

    • @uh0oo
      @uh0oo 9 лет назад +5

      MadonnasSpareVagina Or Rotten egg island.

    • @rumple2.050
      @rumple2.050 9 лет назад +196

      There already is spider island But it's called 'Austrailia'

    • @jenilsoni3527
      @jenilsoni3527 9 лет назад +8

      MadonnasSpareVagina Centipede island would be the worst.

  • @dulcerivera4802
    @dulcerivera4802 4 года назад +6

    This has to be one of the most interesting yet funniest documentaries i've seen in a while.

  • @Manuel-he9mf
    @Manuel-he9mf 4 года назад +59

    I would literally cry if I was there these people are so brave

    • @BlueffyMemes
      @BlueffyMemes Год назад

      Plz dont cry, you should catch the snake and keep as pet.

  • @user-ig6yb5qw5v
    @user-ig6yb5qw5v 7 лет назад +1926

    Aye there's no difference between Snake Island and my school

    • @seanhartigan2003
      @seanhartigan2003 6 лет назад +40

      Why do you go to school on an island full of snakes?

    • @lynnkesh254
      @lynnkesh254 6 лет назад +9

      The Best Egg Boy ..Guess 'Bullies'

    • @lilshrum4817
      @lilshrum4817 6 лет назад +4

      Lmao

    • @NinaHProductions1
      @NinaHProductions1 6 лет назад +11

      If you can survive that.... it means that you can survive anything 👌

    • @PantsB4Squares
      @PantsB4Squares 6 лет назад +2

      NinaH bullies aint shit compared to the real world. If you survive that, you can be well equipped to take on bigger challenges

  • @EskimoChild169
    @EskimoChild169 4 года назад +261

    "Marcelo was unavailable to join on us on our trip" Well at least someone is putting their brain to use

  • @saurabh3438
    @saurabh3438 Год назад +2

    entering in snakes wearing half sleeves ..man what a protective uniform you are wearing

  • @ClaudiaWowPaw
    @ClaudiaWowPaw Год назад +6

    Absolutely beautiful snakes . Show us how much humans have destroyed Earth. They are thriving on this island. I hope it never gets exploited by people.

  • @lokitty6262
    @lokitty6262 7 лет назад +361

    Venomous snakes, a shit ton of cockroaches and a thick ass forest. My nightmare on one island! Awesome!

    • @Tre-fb1zz
      @Tre-fb1zz 7 лет назад +15

      Black Widow 200 throw spiders in there and this island would have a special place in hell

    • @ShayPeee
      @ShayPeee 7 лет назад +1

      LoKitty 626 don't forget the spiders too!

    • @lokitty6262
      @lokitty6262 7 лет назад

      ShayPeee thank you for that😑

    • @paulk7772
      @paulk7772 7 лет назад +8

      don't forget the cannibal tribe

    • @mhdj1234
      @mhdj1234 6 лет назад

      Robert Stampfer
      *most deadly...
      **and arguably so

  • @tomisakin
    @tomisakin 5 лет назад +494

    25:54 she was like 5 snake bruh I dont see anything. Id lose my mind on that island.

    • @RoyontheHill
      @RoyontheHill 4 года назад +2

      Same here

    • @bigbaby464
      @bigbaby464 4 года назад

      I wouldnt be on that island!!

    • @younghex9577
      @younghex9577 4 года назад +1

      Seemed like the dude did lose his mind

    • @rebeccaanderson5626
      @rebeccaanderson5626 3 года назад +4

      It is very common for ordinary people for not be able to see the snakes because they use camouflage, as a biologist myself I was specially trained to capture tree snakes during my internship and when I started almost all the times I couldn't see them because of the green colour

  • @Nope-om4qu
    @Nope-om4qu 4 года назад +17

    I know this video was made 6 years ago, but I’m still mildly annoyed that he’s saying ‘poisonous’ instead of ‘venomous’ , which are two quite different things

  • @deejohnson3483
    @deejohnson3483 4 года назад +30

    This is one of my main dreams to be allowed on this island and study these amazing creatures😊

  • @bethechange4934
    @bethechange4934 5 лет назад +245

    "Marcello was unavailable to accompany us on our trip..."
    No, how shocking! lol

    • @kes9612
      @kes9612 5 лет назад +10

      Lol exactly what i was thinking,how convenient (his life is probably too valuable for research purposes they send the pleebs)....

    • @medish89
      @medish89 4 года назад +2

      😂😂😂

  • @HansyBarts
    @HansyBarts 5 лет назад +772

    So this is where orochimaru has been hiding this whole time

  • @cryptinu
    @cryptinu 7 месяцев назад +1

    It’s now 100 miles of the coast of Brazil, it’s just under 30 miles.

  • @adarshtiwari2254
    @adarshtiwari2254 Год назад

    i literally loved the wibe of the anchor here ! would love to see him in other episodes as well

  • @jalisagriggs5779
    @jalisagriggs5779 8 лет назад +149

    When she was pointing to the "snakes" I couldn't see shit but grass an branches I would've been screwed.

  • @sdbo7102
    @sdbo7102 8 лет назад +1243

    they should introduce some black mambas and king cobras there! that would be awesome! call it "nope island"

    • @naspawickr1668
      @naspawickr1668 8 лет назад +10

      +good afternoon Or Dope island :o

    • @jiijoey1977
      @jiijoey1977 8 лет назад +11

      Hahah that should be in the dictionary. 'Nope island = the definition of nope'

    • @samiromeo6991
      @samiromeo6991 8 лет назад +1

      ahah

    • @danielgigs
      @danielgigs 8 лет назад +29

      +good afternoon just add some inland taipans and belchers seasnakes to the mix aswell (both from my home country, australia) those things will fuck any human once bitten

    • @PhilDesigns
      @PhilDesigns 8 лет назад +17

      +good afternoon it's already nope island, golden lancehead vipers are more deadly than mambas and king cobras

  • @_arpheus
    @_arpheus 3 года назад +14

    Eagles: it's free real estate buffet

  • @sushista
    @sushista 2 года назад +13

    Imagine going on this island with Kevin Hart lol 😂

  • @shewaali3733
    @shewaali3733 6 лет назад +537

    Woah what’s my school doing here?

  • @Conzefy
    @Conzefy 8 лет назад +415

    Yall slept the on island? Oh hell no i wouldnt close my eyes once, not even blink.

    • @kipeto7836
      @kipeto7836 8 лет назад +2

      Lmao ikr?

    • @king96300
      @king96300 8 лет назад +14

      +Conze I would not have slept at all until I was on an airplane back home lol

    • @mrglibb
      @mrglibb 8 лет назад +23

      +king96300 I'm sick and tired of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane.

    • @naspawickr1668
      @naspawickr1668 8 лет назад

      +Mr_Glibb You are a legend :D

    • @mrglibb
      @mrglibb 8 лет назад

      Grumbis OnRUclips
      I am simply a seasoned gentlesir of the interwebs. *tips fedora*

  • @ConsciousConversations
    @ConsciousConversations 3 месяца назад +1

    A true test of a Cameraman’s superpower of invincibility!
    0:28 I was certain they would have hazmat suits on at least?!!!

  • @jacquelinemarra2871
    @jacquelinemarra2871 4 года назад +18

    Anyone else so high that you thought the thumbnail was cinnamon rolls? Come to find out I was very VERY wrong

  • @rickgrimes7710
    @rickgrimes7710 8 лет назад +623

    Drop Bear Grylls alongside a couple of honey badgers and mongeese on the island. Give them 4 days tops. Snake island will not be called snake island anymore.

    • @mdtazzz
      @mdtazzz 8 лет назад +87

      Bear Grylls will eat all the snakes and piss all the venoms.

    • @Prodflip1
      @Prodflip1 8 лет назад

      +Muhammad Shariz Tf 😂😂😂

    • @Waggoms
      @Waggoms 8 лет назад +1

      +Rick Grimes kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk sad but true

    • @RFFSA_SR7
      @RFFSA_SR7 8 лет назад

      +Rick Grimes WTF dont he will eat da snakes

    • @vankayalakameswarasarma1723
      @vankayalakameswarasarma1723 8 лет назад +4

      +GWR Duck will probably eat the snake cutting their head part and burying them.He did the same when he was to Sahara desert.

  • @punkxxt
    @punkxxt 5 лет назад +1033

    Am I too stupid but,
    1. Body suit that can prevent snake bites
    2. Build a new light that does not require a yearly visit.
    3. Solar Panels.
    4. Helicopter caried by boat, then once there fly it over the lighthouse, drop man, fix, fly back to boat.
    These are just some. May be expesive but, how much are the lives of these people worth?

    • @jigrodrigues
      @jigrodrigues 5 лет назад +219

      Emmanuel Delgadillo human life in brazil is cheap

    • @KingAlexGaming_Official
      @KingAlexGaming_Official 5 лет назад +103

      The body suit would be really useful and not too expensive.

    • @yulianagarcia6466
      @yulianagarcia6466 5 лет назад +99

      Brazilians are stupid if it was the u.s they would have astronaut gear lmao

    • @HINAHASSAN
      @HINAHASSAN 5 лет назад +33

      exactly my point why do you have to go through that shit each year...chopper trip can do it more safely ...i was nervous when those ppl walked on foot through the jungle ...lordy

    • @FelipeBRARSPF
      @FelipeBRARSPF 5 лет назад +21

      Dude, this is Brazil...enough said...

  • @gabe-po9yi
    @gabe-po9yi 2 года назад +8

    I don't know if this was Rocco or Jackson, but he's freakin' hilarious. Especially when describing the island as a vacation spot - not. And as he enters his tent you can hear him say to himself, Idiot! lmao. Great video.

    • @thepb295
      @thepb295 2 года назад +1

      the stress and regret in his voice is so palpable lmao

  • @foozilami5463
    @foozilami5463 4 года назад +13

    i have anxiety watching this :O can't imagine how it feels to be there.

  • @robertdanero1625
    @robertdanero1625 5 лет назад +754

    “He’s female”

    • @uafc1
      @uafc1 4 года назад +32

      2019

    • @razark9
      @razark9 4 года назад +12

      Dunno why, but this actually made me lol

    • @sarayfurgler1197
      @sarayfurgler1197 4 года назад +9

      brazilian people get a miserable educaation, don't make fun of it

    • @hzt7469
      @hzt7469 4 года назад +31

      @@sarayfurgler1197 Just like yours

    • @MilenaHeldt
      @MilenaHeldt 4 года назад +57

      I'd love to see you speak another language and use pronouns correctly.

  • @justinlochmann69
    @justinlochmann69 5 лет назад +442

    so is noone else interested in the fact that there was a camera set up there by someone else besides the navy?

    • @majedelali6633
      @majedelali6633 5 лет назад +41

      David Attenborough been there also

    • @mt4lennox138
      @mt4lennox138 4 года назад +2

      Fr

    • @daltonrobbins8189
      @daltonrobbins8189 4 года назад +2

      Grow op

    • @jax422
      @jax422 3 года назад +12

      No, because research scientists also get permits to study there a few times a year.

    • @justinlochmann69
      @justinlochmann69 3 года назад +1

      @@jax422 ah makes sense...

  • @angelb1tch602
    @angelb1tch602 4 года назад +3

    When he was struggling to climb into his bunk at 12:20 the guy in the bottom left hand corner sent me 😭😂😂

  • @jolo3118
    @jolo3118 Год назад +1

    Mr. Ballen has an amazing story about this island. I highly recommend watching it

  • @peachpanda1793
    @peachpanda1793 5 лет назад +238

    12:15 I feel uncomfortable when he slept in the bed with his shoes on

    • @pinkpugginz
      @pinkpugginz 4 года назад

      Didnt wanna get bit

    • @rafsccp
      @rafsccp 4 года назад +10

      hahah same !! even the guy below him was having a laugh

    • @rael6
      @rael6 3 года назад +2

      classic americans

  • @SyahmiHaziq32
    @SyahmiHaziq32 9 лет назад +188

    Imagine your plane crashed there and you have to survive there until help comes...

    • @squirtysquirt6840
      @squirtysquirt6840 8 лет назад +13

      Damn, Wilson would have to turn into superman!

    • @erenjaeger5359
      @erenjaeger5359 8 лет назад +6

      I'd become like snake man

    • @Ze-Germanzuk
      @Ze-Germanzuk 8 лет назад +3

      Syahmi Haziq It wouldn't be that hard, an endless supply of food and moisture

    • @thefreeburningspirit
      @thefreeburningspirit 8 лет назад +14

      +Syahmi Haziq sounds absolutely perfect for a film plot

    • @GrandMaMaYT
      @GrandMaMaYT 8 лет назад +1

      snakes on island

  • @Spaced_out9000
    @Spaced_out9000 3 года назад +4

    18:05 what a humble guy

  • @joao_piuzana6294
    @joao_piuzana6294 3 года назад +62

    It's incredible to see how documentaries about Brazil rarely have Portuguese subtitles but always have Spanish subtitles. It's as if the moment you step into Central and South America you only have people talking in Spanish, very very U.S type of thinking about the world.

    • @jasonsalazar501
      @jasonsalazar501 2 года назад +4

      Pretty sure most of the rest of the world thinks the same about South America and Brazil smartass.

    • @Cbd_7ohm
      @Cbd_7ohm 2 года назад

      @@jasonsalazar501 lol

    • @maryocecilyo3372
      @maryocecilyo3372 Год назад

      Sim

  • @nickbwalker51
    @nickbwalker51 5 лет назад +62

    When they were on the ship around the table playing music, laughing, and eating i was like "..yup.. Just as i suspected...theyre all gonna die." Its the most classic part in a film before ya die.

  • @ixiknivesixi1058
    @ixiknivesixi1058 4 года назад +741

    Dude is writing an article and leading the vice episode here. Yet he still hasn’t informed himself well enough on the topic to know that snakes are not poisonous, they are venomous.

    • @MG-jy5qx
      @MG-jy5qx 3 года назад +12

      Poisonous venom, no?

    • @blackmallu
      @blackmallu 2 года назад +4

      Lmao😂

    • @p5aipad971
      @p5aipad971 2 года назад +61

      @@MG-jy5qx Simply, poison kills when eaten or digested while venom kills through injection. That’s the difference

    • @coryellis6297
      @coryellis6297 2 года назад +29

      @@p5aipad971 venom is a specialized type of poison, meaning it may attack the nervous system or circulation.... But technically...
      Its still poison

    • @MG-jy5qx
      @MG-jy5qx 2 года назад +8

      @@p5aipad971 so you’re saying poison can’t be injected

  • @lorenagonzalez7046
    @lorenagonzalez7046 3 года назад

    I was waiting to see a lot of snakes ..learn about different snakes..well I'll research myself ..but again thanks for the video!

  • @Psionz
    @Psionz 4 года назад +33

    12:08 we not gonna say anything about the amount of times this dude kicked him?

  • @ohwen
    @ohwen 7 лет назад +174

    Imagine the pain the camera men are going through

    • @EJD339
      @EJD339 Год назад +2

      They don’t get paid squat either. I’m sure the reporter doesn’t get paid a ton but it’s probably an adrenaline rush as well. Vice usually only has young reporters.

    • @ConsciousConversations
      @ConsciousConversations 3 месяца назад

      True test of cameraman invincibility!

  • @Pranks313
    @Pranks313 4 года назад +257

    “Hi I’m Steve-O and I’m about to run naked across this island. Heet heet(his laugh)

    • @DracoVP
      @DracoVP 3 года назад +4

      heet...... heet

    • @H311hunt3r
      @H311hunt3r 3 года назад +5

      Yeah, dude

  • @ians7184
    @ians7184 Месяц назад +1

    The number of times this man called snakes POISONOUS instead of VENOMOUS during a documentary about VENOMOUS snakes is ridiculous.

  • @cloudrofl7789
    @cloudrofl7789 3 года назад

    I like how well you can see the snake smugglers face even with the thing on his face lol

  • @fromchopin
    @fromchopin 4 года назад +1750

    I’d bring a fake snake with me to throw on my friends.

  • @VestaJ17
    @VestaJ17 10 лет назад +482

    this was excellent, definitely got the right guy to present it too, you could tell he felt genuine fear, and still stuck it out and stayed and even incorporated humour, excellent documentary !!

    • @enthuzias3913
      @enthuzias3913 Год назад

      Hi

    • @kierrabrown97
      @kierrabrown97 Год назад

      @@enthuzias3913 i’m😅😮:😮😮😮

    • @ToXiCxMadness2
      @ToXiCxMadness2 10 месяцев назад

      Snakes are the only animal I don’t care if they go extinct

  • @chefdonny3556
    @chefdonny3556 2 года назад +2

    I have so much respect for these lot and their balls of steel to go on this island. I could NEVER

  • @Cian_
    @Cian_ 3 года назад +3

    Honestly, you have no idea how anxious I get when thinking about sleeping on an island full of snakes. Literal hell.

  • @Jammyg1t
    @Jammyg1t 8 лет назад +174

    A man named Jones went to this island in search of Pirate treasure. His first words were recorded in a Diary;
    Tuesday 20th March 1950 :
    Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes

    • @madams759
      @madams759 6 лет назад +1

      xMATTSTERx 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @davidamoon4
    @davidamoon4 9 лет назад +339

    Why didn't they send a reporter who wanted to go? Some people find these types of things to be interesting, and would kill for a chance to go-- and these are also probably the people watching the documentary. So it's kind of a turn off when the reporter whines the whole time. It's reasonable to be a little uneasy, but keep your annoying opinions out of the documentary. Stay in NYC next time, and let someone who appreciates nature go instead.

    • @frostboomba1462
      @frostboomba1462 9 лет назад +10

      deal with it, dude went just cause you feel that he did a shit Job doesn't mean you should whine. also really he could die any time and you are saying he can't swear just a little bit.

    • @davidamoon4
      @davidamoon4 9 лет назад +46

      Why don't you deal with my comment, then? It's a perfectly reasonable observation. The scientists are thrilled to be there doing there job. I'm sure there's a reporter out there who would also like to do that job without complaining.

    • @frostboomba1462
      @frostboomba1462 9 лет назад +2

      bravo, you're sure there's a reporter who would like to be there sure, just the same way i'm sure there are people who want to commit suicide but that doesnt stop the rest of us from acting out in suicidal situations, and really it wasnt that bad, yeah he was a little bit of a bitch but i wont blame him cause i was the one who came to watch vice knowing how unethical and curse filled some of their stuff is so like i said dude deal with it

    • @NuChannel1142
      @NuChannel1142 9 лет назад +31

      and you deal with him dealing with it and ill deal with you dealing with him dealing with it.

    • @metaflux2
      @metaflux2 9 лет назад +2

      NuChannel1142 How meta

  • @Mongieboy
    @Mongieboy 2 месяца назад

    I love vice reporters! They go 2 the next level in a really cool way.

  • @GregAbroad
    @GregAbroad 4 года назад +2

    12:12 guy’s like WTF you playing at BRO?!

  • @shannondeng1456
    @shannondeng1456 6 лет назад +248

    My fat ass thought the thumbnail were cinnamon buns

  • @highasakit3
    @highasakit3 10 лет назад +79

    This is where bear grylls really should been sent.

    • @arslannaveed685
      @arslannaveed685 10 лет назад +22

      Not enough pee

    • @BackRewind
      @BackRewind 10 лет назад +14

      Bitch please, he'd be dead in 2 hours, Steve Irwin should've been here

    • @KairiTardisAndMe
      @KairiTardisAndMe 10 лет назад +17

      BackRewind And yet Steve Irwin was killed by a sting ray.

    • @maria-nx1ep
      @maria-nx1ep 10 лет назад

      It looks like you're anti drugs by the look of your profile.

    • @highasakit3
      @highasakit3 10 лет назад +3

      Maria Lemberg Cool?

  • @sharonrigs7999
    @sharonrigs7999 2 месяца назад

    I love these old 'Golden Age of Vice ' docs.

  • @CleverExploration
    @CleverExploration 2 года назад

    I love how you summed snake island up at the end. Business is booming lol

  • @DieAlteistwiederda
    @DieAlteistwiederda 5 лет назад +102

    I actually like snakes a lot but I would never set foot onto this island. Don't fuck around with that many danger noodles on one small island!

  • @WildSkyMtn
    @WildSkyMtn 7 лет назад +36

    So when does the documentary about the snakes start? I realized five minutes in this was about the guy not the snakes

  • @bushratbeachbum
    @bushratbeachbum Год назад

    Ol mate with the patch on his eye before he even gets on the island.
    Brave man to go there with a hangover i reckon!

  • @sxlicify466
    @sxlicify466 4 года назад +199

    Picks up anaconda...”he’s a female”

    • @HenrySan1801
      @HenrySan1801 4 года назад

      LoL

    • @MilenaHeldt
      @MilenaHeldt 4 года назад +47

      would you be able to use the correct pronouns in portuguese? don't make fun of people who aren't fluent in a second language, they know more then you do.

    • @sxlicify466
      @sxlicify466 4 года назад +7

      Milena Heldt i’m not Portuguese, not trying to make fun of someone, it just made me laugh a little sorry to spill ur beans kid

    • @MilenaHeldt
      @MilenaHeldt 4 года назад +21

      @@sxlicify466 dude is Brazilian, they speak portuguese in Brazil, kid. So you'd be fine with people laughing at you for not being fluent in a language? I sure wouldn't but hey I guess I'm not everyone.

    • @Escamas_e_penas
      @Escamas_e_penas 4 года назад +4

      Just responded this in other comment. In portuguese there is no "it".

  • @ValyrianCode
    @ValyrianCode 5 лет назад +95

    Imagine a plane crashed into the island and the survivors will hope they had died from the crash .

    • @ericcastaneda6323
      @ericcastaneda6323 5 лет назад +1

      Michael Collins true

    • @marilynnguyen5887
      @marilynnguyen5887 4 года назад +3

      Especially after seeing cockroaches

    • @elliemorrow5306
      @elliemorrow5306 4 года назад +3

      Lost would've been so much better if instead of polar bears they had these fuckers

    • @villenkyle
      @villenkyle 4 года назад

      @@marilynnguyen5887 snakes are motherfucking boop heckers, but cockroaches man....
      i prefer to die from a snake bite than getting along with cockroaches...

    • @keriaaa1103
      @keriaaa1103 2 года назад

      A helicopter crashed there

  • @rcrbrewster7840
    @rcrbrewster7840 5 лет назад +875

    10,000 Mongoose would fix the infestation pretty quick.

    • @EIGHTY7graphics
      @EIGHTY7graphics 5 лет назад +119

      or just a few honey badgers

    • @dnpendown3199
      @dnpendown3199 5 лет назад +162

      Or just Thanos

    • @sandeepchetia6200
      @sandeepchetia6200 5 лет назад +83

      Mongooses are not immune to hemotoxin venom of vipers. So, one bite from a pit viper would pretty much end the game for a mongoose.

    • @jennycamayo4441
      @jennycamayo4441 5 лет назад +53

      @@sandeepchetia6200 but not for the honey badgers

    • @crazgra
      @crazgra 5 лет назад +7

      Not a bad idea...

  • @malitman
    @malitman 3 года назад +1

    The vice reporter dying is pretty funny.

  • @hansilart8918
    @hansilart8918 4 года назад

    12:11 The dude to the left is like "dude... you okay? You need help? This is kinda funny, but you need help my dude?". 😂

  • @wolfaagman
    @wolfaagman 5 лет назад +85

    7:15
    reporter: would you go to the island?
    brazilian navy admiral:(shutters) eh eh eh (with shame ) NO
    that was so funny lol

  • @nosirsirsir2310
    @nosirsirsir2310 5 лет назад +112

    Would you go on the island yourself?
    Navy Admiral: Eugh eugh uh ah eh I think no.
    Im dying hahaha

  • @Pd1996_
    @Pd1996_ Месяц назад

    Snake island ❌️
    High school reunion ✅️

  • @rjk537
    @rjk537 Год назад +1

    A group of scientists going into island full of deadly snakes? Sounds like plot for a movie 😂

  • @rawdesz1375
    @rawdesz1375 6 лет назад +148

    The real “get rich or die trying “👀

    • @jda252
      @jda252 4 года назад

      I swear your risking your life so hard on that island.

  • @amberking5557
    @amberking5557 4 года назад +250

    I clicked to say I thought those were cinnamon rolls in the thumbnail.

    • @Sara-lw3cf
      @Sara-lw3cf 4 года назад

      Amba Kang Right? 😂

    • @JasonweedQ3
      @JasonweedQ3 4 года назад

      Lmao me too haha

    • @kb.7143
      @kb.7143 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂😂 dead

    • @iwillruinyourday3942
      @iwillruinyourday3942 4 года назад +1

      Goddamn you're gorgeous. Is that you on your profile pic?

    • @matt-kv1nu
      @matt-kv1nu 4 года назад +3

      i am Deadpool Horny be gone

  • @mira9667
    @mira9667 2 года назад +5

    I have mad respect for these guys, I get scared as hell when I just see an insect

  • @crystalskylight9327
    @crystalskylight9327 3 года назад +5

    I'd be quite happy to stay on the boat!

  • @duckduckgroose9517
    @duckduckgroose9517 5 лет назад +89

    Even with full body protective suits I would get a heart attack if a snake 🐍 fell out of a tree and bit down on my arm even if I couldn’t feel it

  • @benildoalexandre255
    @benildoalexandre255 4 года назад +659

    an admiral should never send his men where he could never go

    • @ancasadental1209
      @ancasadental1209 4 года назад +67

      that why he become admiral hahaha

    • @ihatefrankiero
      @ihatefrankiero 4 года назад +24

      He’s a coward. He says he would never go there but commands other people go. Ridiculous...

    • @ananthakrishnan4754
      @ananthakrishnan4754 4 года назад +21

      You die a soldier or live long enough to see you become an Admiral.😂

    • @mustafaalimutlu6432
      @mustafaalimutlu6432 4 года назад +10

      @@ananthakrishnan4754 That's not modern armies works, you don't get promoted to officer from soldier.

    • @mustafaalimutlu6432
      @mustafaalimutlu6432 4 года назад +46

      Why would he go? The ones going there specialized people, also there is almost no benefit him going there. You don't become an admiral for stupid display of courage. It's literally high ranking officers job description to send people to die. You cannot win wars by protecting your men at all costs like their mother.

  • @trashpanda0627
    @trashpanda0627 4 года назад

    A snake documentary better be full length! ;)

  • @lorenagonzalez7046
    @lorenagonzalez7046 3 года назад

    When he asked , would u go to the island.. the man was like , No ! The host's face !😆

  • @rahulrathnakumar785
    @rahulrathnakumar785 4 года назад +38

    24:39 scared the hell out of me. You couldn't give me a million dollars to go there. Respect to those researchers and the navymen who go there willingly every year!

  • @KEVIN.-.
    @KEVIN.-. 7 лет назад +287

    Low-key wondering if my ex lives there

  • @GGGodspeed
    @GGGodspeed 2 года назад +2

    Humans are so invasive, we even interupt an island with 4000 extemely venemous snakes lol

  • @HoustonJoe4
    @HoustonJoe4 2 года назад

    Pile of batteries on snake island
    Vice reporter: let me just sit right here and get comfy