Island 'kingdom of poisonous snakes' in Australia

Minuscule Carnac Island is located off the coast of Perth city in Australia used to be a prison before being converted into quarantine.

A small island located off Australia is considered a paradise of extremely poisonous cobra.

Discovered by a French explorer in 1803, the island of Minuscule Carnac is located off the coast of Perth city in Australia once a prison before being converted into quarantine.

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All the bushes on the island of Minuscule Carnac have a cobra living.

Minuscule Island Carnac now becomes a safe haven for at least 400 venomous tigers because they have no enemies here. The density of this reptile species on the island is 1 / 8m 2 .

The cobra shares the habitat with sea lions, dolphins, many other sea creatures and birds. Because the island of Minuscule Carnac has no abundant fresh water, this snake must adapt to the small amount of rain every year.

The origin of the cobra on the island of Minuscule Carnac is thought to be due to a man named Lindsay "Rocky" Vane leaving his cobra on the island in 1929, after his first wife was bitten by a snake. death.

In November 2016, reporter David Attenborough and the BBC crew made their way to the island to make a documentary about cobra.

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Cobra is the 5th poisonous snake in the world.

Mr. Attenborough said most of the cobra on the island is blind . This is caused by birds when they have snake eyes to protect young birds. But reptiles are not affected when losing their eyes because they use the ability to sniff to hunt.

Tourists exploring the island of Minuscule Carnac are required to stay on the beach and are not allowed to access the bushes without wearing protective shoes.

Update 16 December 2018
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