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00:00 Although Karnak is a few kilometers from the mainland,
00:03 it offers extremely difficult living conditions.
00:06 For a snake that usually thrives in a wet habitat,
00:12 this island is the most inhospitable that could exist.
00:16 Forget the heavenly vision that you have of desert islands.
00:24 On Karnak, there is no fresh drinking water,
00:29 since the rain is quickly absorbed by the rocky ground.
00:32 And without water, frogs, the favorite prey of tiger snakes,
00:38 cannot thrive.
00:40 Yet, this little island is full of snakes.
00:46 It is here that the venomous snake density per square kilometer
00:52 is the strongest in the world.
00:57 This is due to the fact that snakes have found ingenious means of survival.
01:01 The apparent thinness of this tiger snake is a sign of significant deficiency.
01:11 It must have been six months since it has eaten or drunk anything.
01:18 But for now, it can't do anything.
01:24 It has to abstract itself from its state by applying a simple survival strategy.
01:29 Evasion.
01:31 It goes into defensive mode.
01:35 It hides to escape the suffocating heat and the dry wind.
01:43 Here, it waits for the weather conditions to change.
01:53 It does not hibernate.
01:56 It goes into estivation, where it falls into lethargy.
02:01 [Music]
02:06 (whooshing)