Saturday 22 May 2010

More worm facts

Dan Carpenter of the Natural History Museum and Earthworm Society of Britain tells us everything we need to know about worms!
  • There are 26 species of worms in Britain
  • Put simply, there are three different ecological groups:
      • pale worms which live in the soil
      • red worms which eat leaves
      • large ones which make vertical burrows
  • Worms are both male and female at the same time. It doubles your chance of a date! They do need another animal to mate
  • Worms are good at regenerating sections of their body. If you chop of the tail it will grow back

2 comments:

  1. Is it my garden, or are worms becoming extinct? This year in particular, I have seen very few worms when turning the soil.

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  2. Hi Steve. Thanks for the post. We don't really have any info on a reduction in worms but I'd suggest contacting our friends at the Earthworm Society (info@earthwormsoc.org.uk) to see if they have any up-to-date info.

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