Saturday, February 27, 2010

Belfast Titanic Festival

I had an opportunity to work in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2007. Belfast which means “mouth of the sandbars” in Irish is the largest city in and also the capital city of Northern Ireland. My stay in Belfast was for a shorter period of time so I didn’t had a chance to explore a lot. Since I travelled alone I could take the excuse of solitary for not exploring, as well. In this blog, The pictures in this blog are few of those which I snapped during my visit to Belfast.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Why garden snakes are dangerous?

Garden Grass Snakes also known as Garter Snakes (Thamnophissirtalis) can be dangerous.

Yes, grass snakes, not rattlesnakes. Here's why.

A couple in Sweetwater, Texas, had a lot of potted plants. During a recent cold spell, the wife was bringing a lot of them indoors to protect them from a possible freeze.

It turned out that a little green garden grass snake was hidden in one of the plants. When it had warmed up, it slithered out and the wife saw it go under the sofa.