Will global warming bring snakes back to Ireland?

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According to legend St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, which probably wasn’t hard because the temperature is too cold for snakes to live there anyway. But as the temperature rises across the globe, cold places will become warm, and warm places will become hot. Do you think they will get snakes in Ireland, or did St. Patrick drive them out for good?
 
The snakes were a metaphor for pagans and persecutors. The snakes are coming back, but global warming has little to do with it…
 
Do you understand why there are no snakes in Ireland, scientifically.
There are no snakes in Ireland and New Zealand.
 
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According to legend St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, which probably wasn’t hard because the temperature is too cold for snakes to live there anyway. But as the temperature rises across the globe, cold places will become warm, and warm places will become hot.
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I don’t think it is to do with temperature. England is pretty similar to Ireland and there are snakes in England, not many, but 4 species, the grass snake, the smooth snake, the adder and the barred grass snake (the barred grass snake is, I believe a newly recognised species). Scotland has 1 species of snake, the adder, and I would describe Scotland as colder than Ireland. There is also then the fact that there are actually lizards in lreland, not many, but they are there.

So the lack of snakes in Ireland doesn’t appear to be temperature related.
 
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It has absolutely nothing to do with temperature, it has to do with evolution and the breakup of land masses
 
You forgot to mention evolution and ice ages and land bridges etc etc etc.
 
Some snake species are adapted to cold weather. They slow down their metabolism and become dormant during the winter.
 
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