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"Millions of worms!
Five million worms cover an area as large as one football field.
Charles Darwin did a lot of research on worms. Through his work, Darwin discovered that if five million worms were living in this area, they could cover the area in as much as 15 tons of soil per year.
The soil that was covering the field would be made up primarily of worm casts excreted from the backside of the worm.",
"Dirt eaters!
Worms have a highly developed process for digesting food.
Dead plant matter in the soil is the primary food of worms.
Worms will tunnel in the soil and the soil is moved by the worm not only by their movement but also through their digestion.
As worms tunnel they ingest the soil. This soil passes through two parts in their bodies.
The parts are the crop and the gizzard.
In these parts, soil is turned into a form that can be digested by the aid of digestive juices. Then it is passed to the intestine.
Nutrients are absorbed in the intestine and anything that is not wanted will pass out the back end.
The soil is passed out as a worm cast. Worm casts look like small, curled worms made of mud.",
"Glue Gun:
Velvet worms are predators that can catch animals much bigger then themselves. How? Velvet worms can shoot a glue-like substance from their heads that can immobilize a target that is 10 to 12 inches away!
Ten percent of the body weight of the velvet worm is made up of this liquid.",
"Two Heads Are Better Than One:
Velvet worms have two antennae and a pair of eyes on their first head. Their second head is graced with multiple mouths, which they use to eat their prey.
They may sound gross, but their bodies are covered with soft hairs that feel like velvet.",
"Long and Lovely:
Velvet worms are also known as spitting worms or walking worms. Velvet worms are caterpillar-like segmented creatures that are roughly 8 inches long when full grown.
They only live in sub-tropical and tropical regions, including Australia, South America, and Africa.",
"One Man's Trash...
There are anywhere from 144 to 320 species of peanut worms, all of which live in discarded shells, which they find in shallow water or in burrows.
If a peanut worm cannot find a shell in which to hide when it is being attacked, they will try to burrow inside solid rocks instead!",
"Popping Peanut Worms:
Peanut worms are eaten in Asia and are even considered a major delicacy in China. An unsegmented marine creature, the peanut worm is 10 cm long, although several have been recorded as reaching multiple times this standard length.",
"Tying Itself In Knots:
The hairworm is also called the gordian worm because, when placed in a dish of water, it ties itself into knots, which are similar to the Gordian knot from Greek mythology.
Gordius, the king of Phrygia used a special knot to tie his chariot to a pole. He stated that whoever could untie the knot could rule his kingdom - a feat never accomplished.
In ancient times, people noticed the hairworm floating in horse troughs. This led to the belief that the worm was a hair that had fallen from the horse's tail or mane and spontaneously transformed into a worm.",
"Headless Hairworm:
Found in shallow streams and ponds, the hairworm has no distinguishable head or tail and can grow up to three feet long.",
"Fireworm Fireworks:
Columbus' crew, sailing under the full moon, spotted a spectacular light show given by fireworms near the water's surface. Fireworms normally exist among rocks and coral beds, but when mating, they can set off quite a light show near the surface.
Females swim in circles, depositing bunches of glowing eggs on the surface. Meanwhile, the males are below the surface, flashing like fireflies.
When the male sees the bright eggs he swims toward them and deposits the sperm near the eggs. Columbus and his crew were treated to such a sixty minute light show that night.",
"Tongue Worm: menace to dogs.
The mucus inside a dog's nose provides food and a nice warm home for the tiny tongue worm, which is a parasite that feeds on mucus, blood and body tissues of other animals.
They are less than half an inch long and hang by four sharp claws on the inside of a dog's nose.",
"The Longest Animal Ever Recorded:
A specimen of the ribbon worm (Lineus longissimus) was measured to be 180 feet long when it washed ashore in Scotland in the late 1800s.",
"Spoonworm Gender:
For some spoonworms, the distance the larva settles from its brethren determines whether it is male or female.
If it floats away from its fellow spoonworms, it will become a female. If the larva lands on or near the probiscus (feeding organ) of a female of the same species the larva becomes a male.
The female will grow to three inches and males are less than a quarter inch long."];