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ITS ALMOST SAINT PATRICK’S DAY SO WATCH OUT SNAKES! (SNAKE PROP)
INTRO
IM ALEX FARNHAM AND THIS IS ANIMALIST NEWS! DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT SAINT PATRICKS DAY
ISN'T ONLY KNOWN FOR LITTLE GREEN MEN WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE DRUNK?
IT’S ALSO ABOUT SNAKES AND HOW MUCH I'M SCARED OF THEM. (SNAKE PROP)
ST. PATRICK WAS ACTUALLY THE IRISH BISHOP KNOWN FOR BANISHING SNAKES FROM IRELAND!
THAT’S RIGHT! LEGEND HAS IT THAT ONCE UPON A TIME SNAKES OVERTOOK THE GREEN
HILLS OF IRELAND UNTIL ONE DAY DURING A 40 DAY FAST, THE SAINT TOOK OUT HIS MAGICAL STAFF,
WAVED IT AROUND AND BANISHED ALL THE SNAKES TO THE SEA!
OH AND MIGHT I ADD HE WAS DRESSED IN GREEN
GREAT STORY! IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FACT THAT SNAKES HAVE NEVER
EVEN LIVED IN IRELAND! PERIOD!
SO HERE’S THE DEAL, IRELAND WAS TOO COLD FOR ANY REPTILE SPECIES UNTIL THE LAST ICE
AGE ENDED ABOUT 10,000 YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME, SOME SNAKE SPECIES BEGAN INHABITING
NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE, BUT IRELAND HAD ALREADY BROKEN OFF FROM THOSE REGIONS 2,000
YEARS PRIOR. A SNAKE WOULD HAVE HAD TO CROSS 12 MILES OF FRIGID OCEAN WATER TO GET TO THE
EMERALD ISLE, SO YOU CAN SEE WHY NO SNAKES HAVE MADE THE JOURNEY.
SOOOO THAT’S WHY THERE’S NO SNAKES IN IRELAND LADDY! DON’T TRY AND FIND NO SNAKES
ON THE IRISH PLAINS BECAUSE THERE AIN'T ANY.