Anyone lose a Corn in N. Ireland (Belfast)?

[bitsy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7044701.stm

If not the owner, anyone local might want to contact police & offer it a knowledgeable home?

Press has managed to keep a lid on the hysteria - the most they can come up with today is "may alarm local wildlife"!

 

[suecornish]

Is there really no "wild" snakes in Ireland?

 

[Phoeb]

lol, here we go again!

 

[dionythicus]

Is there really no "wild" snakes in Ireland?

There are no native species in Ireland. There are a few in Britain, I believe.

 

[beaniebopps]

ITS MINE!! Not really, but hell, I live in N Ireland I'll offer the wee thing a home if nobody claims it.

And there are species in Ireland, very few. There were native species but they became extinct. Legend has it St Patrick banished all snakes from Ireland. Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain by the way!!

People never understand

 

[captaincaveman]

There are no native species in Ireland. There are a few in Britain, I believe.

yeah mainland britains got 3 species, a grass snake, smooth snake and adder(our only venemous species), and i believe there is a wild colony of corns somewhere down south

smooth snake(Coronella austriaca)

grass snake(natrix natrix)

adder(vipera berus)

 

[suecornish]

ITS MINE!! Not really, but hell, I live in N Ireland I'll offer the wee thing a home if nobody claims it.

And there are species in Ireland, very few. There were native species but they became extinct. Legend has it St Patrick banished all snakes from Ireland. Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain by the way!!

People never understand

Okay, but (geographically speaking) Ireland is an island and England, Scotland and Wales is another island. So, does Ireland, the island, currently have any "wild" snakes. That is, snakes native to Ireland that are still alive and well.

The only way Northern Ireland is part of Great Britian is through it's polical system, not geographical. Something common in Wales would not necessarily be common in Northern Ireland. :sidestep:

 

[diamondlil]

You're right, Sue, no snakes at all native to Ireland, not even the snake-a-like slow worm!
http://www.habitas.org.uk/nimars/

 

[Flagg]

I'd love to see the 3 metre corns mentioned in that article.

 

[suecornish]

You're right, Sue, no snakes at all native to Ireland, not even the snake-a-like slow worm!
http://www.habitas.org.uk/nimars/

Wow, a place with no snakes. No fun in that!

I guess here in the states we are used to having snakes underfoot, so to say. I use to love catching garter snakes and frogs when I was a kid. Imagine all the fun the kids in Ireland are missing out of.

I wonder how many other islands can say they have no snakes. There is this island off of Brazil, I think, that is home to the Golden Viper, I Think (again). They have been so isolated from the main land that there are some of them that if a male comes across another male, one will turn female. I doubt if the change is instantanously. they probably have rudimentary sex organs and then secret hormones to change one way or the other depending on who they run across. but, this is way, way, wwwwwaaaaayyyy off the subject. :-offtopic

 

[Phoeb]

I wonder how many other islands can say they have no snakes. There is this island off of Brazil, I think, that is home to the Golden Viper, I Think (again). They have been so isolated from the main land that there are some of them that if a male comes across another male, one will turn female. I doubt if the change is instantanously. they probably have rudimentary sex organs and then secret hormones to change one way or the other depending on who they run across. but, this is way, way, wwwwwaaaaayyyy off the subject. :-offtopic

What the hell lol

 

[mele2511]

Hmmm i think its time we should set up a mass corn snake introduction into Ireland..... I wonder if they would survive since they dont have any other snakes to compete with. ......... (dont get all eco on me i am just kidding lol)

 

[hartsock]

Hmmm i think its time we should set up a mass corn snake introduction into Ireland..... I wonder if they would survive since they dont have any other snakes to compete with. ......... (dont get all eco on me i am just kidding lol)

of course though, you would need to bump up the rodent population by introducing more mice and rats, moles, etc. however, then you are going to need predators to take care of the snakes so there isn't an overabundance of them...transplanting species can be fun...just look at all the crap we have here in the states! I mean, where would our joys of life be if we didn't have gypsy moths who were introduced to eat something or other (I forget) and the stupid orange "ladybug" type things that have taken over and are killing stuff...and lets not forget our lovely Burm population that is growing down is southern florida, of course that wasn't the government there....or was it?

 

[dionythicus]

ITS MINE!! Not really, but hell, I live in N Ireland I'll offer the wee thing a home if nobody claims it.

And there are species in Ireland, very few. There were native species but they became extinct. Legend has it St Patrick banished all snakes from Ireland. Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain by the way!!

People never understand

Ya, I know that N. Ireland is part of Great Britain. I was speaking only in terms of the islands themselves. What is the island that comprises England, Wales ans Scotland called, if not Britain? And what native species do you have on the island of Ireland? I thought there were none at this point.