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Happy St Patrick's Day!
Darwin hits the Guinness

Happy St Patrick's Day, to be sure!

Legend has it that St Patrick rid Ireland of all her snakes. It's a nice story, albeit factually incorrect. I always thought it was a little odd that Patrick would banish snakes from Ireland, but not from his native Britain.

For those of you who worry about such things, here's a slightly more scientific explanation of why Ireland has no snakes.

Richard Carter, FCD | 17-Mar-2008 | x del.icio.us | Digg this
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The Englishman (FCD)

Was http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article3564175.ece the link you were hoping to link to?

17-Mar-2008 06:28
Paul Hutchinson, FCD

I think the link is supposed to be: 

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/NewsEvents/irelandsnakes.cfm

 

17-Mar-2008 14:19
Richard Carter, FCD

Oops! We Darwinians love our missing links, but I've fixed it now, thanks.

17-Mar-2008 16:05
Paul Hutchinson, FCD

Missing links, LOL Good one!

18-Mar-2008 01:29
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