How Gorgona Snakes Killed Spanish Conquistadores 🐍 | Smithsonian Channel

In the 1500s, the Conquistadores claimed the Pacific island of Gorgona for Spain–but they paid a heavy price when almost half their crew succumbed to the jungle's deadly denizens: venomous snakes.

From: Gorgona Snake Prison Island

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[TripleTreuViet]

Half the crew died of snake bites?! And they called themselves explorers. U figured after a few bites they'd learned to protect themselves

[emiliobello]

There should be a documentary movie about this and in Spanish

[OzarksWildman]

I can’t hear a darn thing in my right ear.

[boson]

I like the note of sarcasm in her closing minute voice 😂.

[georgebartholemew]

The audio only drove the right speaker, not the left.

[gundulpacul]

A place where there are no humans where wild life thrives

[VirgoVyrus]

What where those trees with the red flowers at the beginning?

[clivesmith]

I'd like a film made in that prison.

[GrenPara]

Why did you record audio in only left channel? It sucks watching show on computer with only left ear working.

[podsmpsg]

And people think American prisons are bad.

[charlielauffer]

What's with this channel's fascination with snakes?

[davel]

would have been a good video if they use a real human to Voice it.

[marshagail]

Couldn't hear & yes sound is ok on my end

[TripleTreuViet]

Human zoo for the animals to visit in the jungle lol. Now thats funny

[rossbryan]

SO IF THE SNAKES ARE SO BAD WHY DO THEY HAVE RAT AND MONKEYS???

[richardjohnson]

That's the right way around humans should be confined and wildlife free to roam the planet

[rahulmathew]

Release the honey badgers, they will wipe them out in no time.

[kewlztertc]

This is a perfect place for a prison. They built the wrong kind though.
they should've just built an unstaffed compound. Air dropping supplies, and patrolling the waters.
Turn it into Hinger Games island.

[markdowse]

This island seems worthy of having a much longer episode made about it.
Fascinating.

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