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"After the Rain...
Earthworms mate when the ground is wet after it rains. While it is possible for earthworms to rise up to the surface to mate, usually only their backsides will poke out of the ground.
Their backsides will then meet and secret mucus until both worms are covered in each other’s slime.
Once they are coated, sperm travels the trail of the mucus until both worms, which are hermaphrodites, receive the sperm. The worms then part ways and go back underground to lay their eggs in privacy.",
"God Bless the Earthworm!
As earthworms move, they leave a trail of nitrogen-filled slime behind them. Nitrogen is incredibly important to plants, so without slime secreted by earthworms, plants would most likely die.
The slime is incredibly sticky and keeps the soil in clumps and clusters. This is also good for plants as loose soil does not provide enough stability.",
"Worm: invertebrate environmentalist.
The earthworm (also called a night crawler) travels through the ground adding valuable nutrients to the soil.",
"Heads or Tails:
If an earthworm is cut in half, the front half will live. It can crawl both forward and backward, but prefers forward.
It is hard to tell which end of the earthworm is the head and which is the tail.",
"Nature's Plow:
The earthworm digs burrows, which helps aerate soil by bringing oxygen down into the earth. The tunnels they dig also allow rainwater to enter, providing nutrients to plant roots.",
"Two heads are better than one?
Earthworms have bristles that they use to hold onto the earth when birds try to pull them from their holes. In these desperate situations, the worm can be ripped in half!
If a bird rips off the first 8 segments of the worm, it can regenerate new segments. If pulled in half, the worm can usually regenerate the head, but in some cases the worm gets confused - and can end up with two heads or tails."];