Earthworms

Description: Animal Species: Insect

Newest Review: ... body is filled with intestines which digest the soil, un-decayed leaf and plant matter upon which feeds it. The mouth is covered by a flap ( the prostomium) which helps the earthworm sense light and vibrations. Earthworms travel underground by muscular contractions which alternately lengthen and shorten the body. While shortened, it is anchored by the many setae (tiny bristles) along it's ... more

... segmented body, typically four setae per segment although this too can vary. The burrowing process is helped along by a lubricant mucus secretion which can cause a gurgling sound from underground when they are disturbed and retreat along their moistene...more

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Earthworms: Who Sings Now?: your bloody long Sunday read (3787 words)
by - written on 31/05/09 (Very useful, 39 readings)
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"Two-spirited and humble, I patiently tend to the land for I know that even the smallest effort might one day raise mountains or move you vast distances from where you now stand. Follow me and I will show you that the past never dies. Lovingly I linger in all that remains. Study Life, and learn! Become the apple of Creator's eye, or be caught in the net of your self-imposed lies. Haste makes waste, but Discretion breeds spiritual evolution! I feed the flocks, tend the dead, call wisdom from watery depths, bring renewal to the Earth, digest your ... Read the complete review

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