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Worms: Why Are They Slimy
and Other Facts
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A worm has
no eyes, legs or arms.
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There are
2700 different types of earthworms in the world.
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There can be
up to 1 MILLION earthworms in just 1 acre of land.
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22 foot
long earthworm was found in South Africa.
- Worms help
plants by mixing the soil. So gardeners love them because they are
‘free’ help!
- The sticky
slime a worm makes helps keep it from drying out. If the worm dries
out, it will die, because it ‘breathes’ through it’s skin.
- Earthworms
can replace lost parts. Some types are better at this than others.
- Baby worms
hatch from a cocoon. You can read about the life
cycle here.
- A single
worm has both male and female parts. This is called a
‘hermaphrodite.’ But they still need a mate to reproduce.
- EEven without
eyes, a worm can still sense light and will move away from it.
- Earthworms
come to the surface when it rains because they need oxygen to
breathe, and they would drown if they stayed in the soil.
- Some of the
largest worms can live to be 50 years old.
- Rregular
earthworm can live 15 years.
- Some people
eat earthworms, like some people in China and New Zealand.
- Worms use a
gizzard to grind up food instead of teeth.
- Vermicomposting
is the treatment of wastes, like kitchen scraps, using worms.
- A worm
chopped in half will not become 2 worms. Just the head end will
regenerate into a new worm.
- Worms can
have up to 5 hearts depending on the type of worm it is.
- You can buy
a Worm Observation Farm to watch worms
close up!
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