Ireland. Farming in the Good Old Days. — IRELAND – MALTA – TRAVEL

https://www.youtube.com/embed/t4VxvlU_29I?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Ireland of the past was truly an agricultural economy. A century ago two thirds of Irish farms were owner-occupied and this trend was to gather pace in the following decades. The size structure of farms was heavily weighted towards smaller holdings: about 230,000 farms were less than 30 acres in contrast with around 50,000 …

Two-headed baby rattlesnake found in New Jersey Pine Barrens — NBC News Top Stories

"The venomous snake was named "Double Dave" because of its two heads and the two Daves who found it. The two-headed timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus). NBC News   By Minyvonne Burke Two New Jersey herpetologists exploring an area known for its timber rattlesnakes stumbled across a rare find: a newborn two-headed rattlesnake slithering across the ground. …

Meet the Cornish Black Bee — The Cornish Bird

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gvZ7EeZSKSE?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Could the Cornish Black Bee be an answer to the decline in bee population in the UK? The sad fact is that bees are in real trouble. In recent years the news coverage of their plight has become increasingly worrying. It is now estimated that of the roughly two thousand species of bee in Europe… …