In a legendary time when the beginning of Christianity in Ireland that. St. Patrick's Drove all the snakes out of the Emerald Isle. By chasing the snakes go overboard with it a period of only 40 days.
Legend has caused this incredible scientific questions that this incident never actually happened or not. Even lead to accreditation This fact by National Geographic in 2557, it was found that even St. Patrick creates a lot of good stuff to Ireland. But the eviction until the snake fell into the sea. It's never really happened at all.
The fact is, "There are no snakes in Ireland living in this country since I was born," has never been excavated fossils of snakes in Ireland and England. Although England has recently discovered three species of snakes and snakes Grass snake tie Atwood spiders and snakes Smooth the tie.
During the Ice Age, Ireland and England were classified as having a cold than cold-blooded animals like snakes to live 10,000 years after the last glacial movement. Ireland and the connections with Britain and mainland Europe. Has caused a surge of seven heavyweights in continental Europe migrate to live in Ireland at the time, such as the brown bear, lynx, wild boar.
From the records of pop, FUN noted that when the ice began to melt. Ireland and the UK remain connected when 8500 years ago, 6500 years later, some of the connecting Ireland with the UK submerge. Snakes have time to make the exodus from Ireland.
In addition, Ireland is not the only country where the snakes live, but not the original, but also Iceland, Greenland, New Zealand, parts of Canada. Northern Russia Ann polar continent.
The legend that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, it is a myth that has been created to likeness snake as paganism, which would have to be removed when St. Patrick was taken. religious Roman Catholic published in the Taste of Ireland.
Nigel Monaghan Curator of Natural History. National Museum of Ireland In Dublin, said: Never have I found a snake that lived in Ireland for St. Patrick's disposal, but the original.
Mark Ryan, director of the Institute of Toxicology and Health Sciences at the University of New Louis Siena. United States Told National Geographic that was. It's very easy to know that Ireland has no snakes live. Because of the cold weather, It is not suitable for snakes to live in Ireland.
Conversely found living reptile single smuggling into Ireland is also not an animal native of Ireland, was iguana legs called slow worms or worm inertia that often make the mistake that was. Snake The on
Interestingly, the When Ireland's economic boom in the mold during extreme economic Celtic Tiger (The Celtic Tiger) animal like a snake. Become a social status that greatly Boas era. But after the collapse of the economy. The snake has got rid of a lot of factors that alimony is.
During St. Patrick's Day in 2556, the correspondent of the New York Times interviewed Mr. Kevin Cunningham, president of the Popular Party exotic animals. The removal of the snake Kevin said: Irish people fear snakes since birth. Believes that the snake represents evil and dirty to be eliminated from Ireland. Not long ago, the association has made euthanasia to 6 feet long snake owners do not wish to breed because they lost their jobs and had to move back in with their parents. That his own mother was an ultimatum that pleased her son to stay at home. Unless you Boas, his mother would not welcome.
