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From: searchers 24/10/2001 12:17:04
Subject: Earthworms post id: 17040
This is jj and Courtney writing to ask a qusetion about earthworms and water.

This morning we investigated a storm water drainage pit after some heavy rain. It has been filled with water for days.

We emptied it with buckets and bowls and were very surprised when we found "more than 3" earthworms in the bottom.

Some were very big and fat ... "and tell them if we take all the water out there will be HEAPS of earthworms down the bottom under where they used to be under the water."

We are SILL surprised that they had not drowned; this has happened before and so they must be be able to live under water for a time.

One man who came by and asked about what we were doing said that they are like whales; they can swim up to breath.

We do not know what to think.

Do you have any ideas about this?

jj and Courtney for us all.
From: joey® 24/10/2001 12:59:32
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17046
hi jj and courtney,

to answer your question :

Worms have no lungs, they take their oxygen directly thorough the skin, either from air or from water. In fact, rather then fear water, they love it. Its drying out they fear and dry soil kills them. When it rains, they come to the surface because its easier to find a mate in the flat open ground then in the three dimensional burrows. The wet ground allows them to move without fear of drying out. To an earthworm, the wet ground is a wild singles bar.

cheers jo

From: jj® 24/10/2001 17:18:59
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17052
joeyjoeyjoey .... what are you doing to me?
I have a longstanding policy of not censoring things ... the kids I teach are four years old.
Singles' bar???? (Laughing fit to kill, behind the :-&!!)
So are you saying it is true that they can live IN water for extended periods?
It still doesn;t seem possible that I can have got to being 58 years old and not have come across that before ... jj
jj
From: G-wiz 24/10/2001 18:22:45
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17061
"So are you saying it is true that they can live IN water for extended periods?"

I'm inclined in the other direction myself.
I've seen plenty of drowned(?) worms in shallow little puddles and I've never seen one actually swimming. My info is that they have to come up to the surface when it rains so they don't drown.
From: strom® 24/10/2001 18:55:08
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17063
quite correct G-wiz, worms do drown, check the roadside gutters after the next big rain, they are full of bait :)
From: jj® 24/10/2001 19:06:35
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17064
G'day Strom!
YES! We do S&R missions when it rains for just that reason ...

So .... how come every time we clean out this drain there are ALIVE worms down at the bottom of this pit?

It is 18"deep (at least, my arms just reach if I all but lie down on the ground) and it ALWAYS has at least 6" of water in the bottom. That is, there are always worms alive UNDER water that they cannot (it seems to us) get out of.

Today it could have been possible (but unlikely) for them to have been washed in there with the storm water just that instant.

There have been many other times when we have found them there though, when it has not rained for several hours ... although it is true we generally only think to look after rain ... so, for accuracy's sake, give or take a few hours.

These we saw today were all transparent ... as in when we cleaned them off we thought that they could not have eaten for a while ... we could see the internal organs ... bright red single wriggly line down the middle ... we do not often see that in the ones in our wormeries or the garden-found ones.

Still wondering ... jj for us all.
From: boxhead® 24/10/2001 19:09:55
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17065
Hiya all,

I'm thinking that maybe in smaller puddles and underground in saturated soils there is less oxygen in the water. A larger body of water wouldn't have this prob.

Just a thought, I'm pretty ignorant of worm swimming abilities ;)

sheepman

From: jj® 24/10/2001 19:28:16
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17066
it's funny ... funny/weird, this has really "jarred" my thinking ... i am finding it VERY hard to accept that I did not know something so apparently basic ... I am home now and all my books are at work ... and when I am at work I don't seem to stop long enough to really look at a book properly ... my priorities need a shake.
Tomorrow I will not only do it, but will be seen to be trying to find out ... with books as well as this group and ay other resources I can think of.
Sometimes I get so busy "doing stuff" with the kids that I forget that the slower-looking thinking and wondering is just as (if not more) important ... several big lessons today. It's been a good one. jj
(and sorry about the double posting ... we lost the connection just as my young helper clicked "submit" and I didn't think it had gone, so did it again.
From: G-wiz 24/10/2001 19:42:36
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17070
"Why do earthworms come to the surface when there's a heavy rain? I always thought that it was because they would drown if they stayed underground when the ground became full of water. Well, according to Ms. Fauci, that's NOT TRUE. In fact, she says, earthworms can live in completely saturated soil for months IF the water has enough oxygen in it. So why do they come to the surface? Ms. Fauci says there are several theories. Maybe heavy rain washes chemical irritants down into their burrows. Or maybe it's just a good chance for them to go cruising. Think about it. Worms must get restless, right? Eating your way through soil is pretty slow going. But they can't just pop to the surface and go. They need to stay wet. Also, they don't like sunlight. So a rainstorm might create ideal traveling weather for worms. AND an ideal time for looking for mates. Think how hard it must be to look for mates when you're stuck in a burrow and the burrow is just big enough for you."

from here
http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/worms.html

It looks like I was wrong and perhaps worms do drown in puddles but that's not why they come up in the first place.
From: Hilbury® 24/10/2001 21:09:19
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17076
Yes, worms definatly do drown. My wormfarm proves it, if they get stuck in the bottom layer they drown in the liquid that collects there.

I think though, that they take an awfully long time to drown. So that when you say that you found the worms a couple of hours after the rain, they haven't been in the water long enough to die yet. From my experience with my wormfarm it can take days perhaps even longer for the poor little blokes to die.


From: beclf® 24/10/2001 22:25:19
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17081
evening all, and welcome back strom :)

Can anyone confirm for me that if you chop an earthworm in half, you get two worms? I've heard this from several unreliable sources, but I'm inclinec not to believe it...
From: strom® 24/10/2001 22:50:03
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17084
G'day bec, how is ya :),
what do you get when you chop a worm in half?

2 halves of a dead worm,
worms only multiply by sex, hermaphrodites, they breed without any probs, now the weather is a tad warmer its not uncommon at all to lift the rug in our worm boxes and find worms in tangled pairs,
and I swear if I put my ear close enough to their box I can hear the little romantics doing their love thang to the song "Muskrat love".

:))
From: jj® 25/10/2001 8:20:58
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17098
From: joey® 25/10/2001 1:29:46

Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17095

SORRY !!!

When you till the ground, the earthworms flee the tillers vibration. So the active earthworms are not usually chopped by the tiller. Some earthworms, like night crawlers, have 5 hearts. If chopped in half, they don't die but try to regenerate; however, sometimes a half gets confused and it end up regenerating a worm with two heads or two tails.

Tilling the soil does reduce the earthworm population. Not because it kills or disturbs them, but because tilling ariates the soil, and this oxgen quickly reduces the organic matter that the earthworm uses as food. Mulching with green matter will help provide food to earthworms to replenish what is lost in tilling.

The population of earthworms, follows a different cycle than most garden fauna. The population of adults is highest in the spring, and decreases in the dry summer months, followed by a increase of young in the wetter, cooler fall. In the hot dry months you often don't find many earthworms. For a high number of earthworms in the spring, its important to protect the young and the eggs over winter.

Earthworms can freeze solid and still live if the freeze is slow and they do not thaw out and refreeze often. Any form of ground cover, cover crops, leaves, mulch or even boards help mediate the freezing and allow more earthworms to survive the winter. Fields that are plowed and left bare are almost devoid of earthworms in the spring. Luckily, earthworms have a high K (reproduction) factor.

Earthworms are hermaphrodites with both male and female organs. They mate by lying head to tail with each worm producing a temporary skin canal through which the sperm flows into each other to be stored in a sperm sack. The girdle like ring around the front of an earthworm, called the clitellum, later slides along the worm and picks up the mature eggs and sperm. It falls off the worm and the combination tube, egg, sperm and mucous form a well protected nest for the worm eggs.

Its quite amazing to watch earthworms "do it", how they form almost into one body, incredibly long and slimy, and then break away each darting back into its own hole.

- John Meritus


... hope i've got this right ....jj
From: tabbysmum® 25/10/2001 16:31:20
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17113
mebbe they aren't earthworms, but water worms.

Seriously.
Aren't there worms that live in water that look awfully like earthworms? I thought ddd might know.
From: tabbysmum® 25/10/2001 16:38:23
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17115
>>Oligochaeta (earthworms, etc.) are predominantly an aquatic and terrestrial class, though a few species are marine. The aquatic oligochaetes are placed in two superorders, Megadrili and Microdrili. Megadrili are relatively robust worms related to earthworms. An aberrant family, Aeolosomatidae, may be treated as a separate class, Aphanononeura (Timm, 1981; Parker, 1982). Microdrili are mostly smaller, thin-bodied worms without any close terrestrial relatives.

From here:
http://www.lucidcentral.com/keys/lwrrdc/public/Aquatics/aatop/html/TC_2.htm
>
From: G-wiz 25/10/2001 17:42:13
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17118
"The girdle like ring around the front of an earthworm, called the clitellum, later slides along the worm and picks up the mature eggs and sperm. It falls off the worm and the combination tube, egg, sperm and mucous form a well protected nest for the worm eggs."

I'm happy now that I've learnt something for the day. That's amazing. Imagine giving up part of your body to leave behind with your kids.
Does the worm go on to grow another or is that the end and it's off to the big compost heap in the sky?
From: tabbysmum® 25/10/2001 17:49:42
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17119
>>That's amazing. Imagine giving up part of your body to leave behind with your kids.

I can think of any number of parts I left behind with MY kids.
;-p
From: G-wiz 25/10/2001 17:52:04
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17120
I didn't mean your sanity. <8-P>
You can have your revenge though. Just live long enough to be a burden to 'em. hehehehehe
From: beclf® 25/10/2001 18:02:47
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17122
human females don't need to leave any part of their body for their kids, they need to sacrifice the whole lot of it.....
From: G-wiz 25/10/2001 18:05:40
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17123
A small price to pay for continuation of species beclf. <8-)>
From: beclf® 25/10/2001 18:13:17
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17124
all very well for you blokes to say that :))
oh well, it's our choice, and i choose not
From: G-wiz 25/10/2001 18:34:43
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17126
"and i choose not"
I got the impression from the other post that you were speaking from experience?
From: jj® 25/10/2001 18:45:23
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17127
T'smum wrote ... "Imagine giving up part of your body to leave behind with your kids."

Isn't that what happens to our brains?
jj
From: beclf® 25/10/2001 20:03:59
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17136
you were speaking from experience?
no way not me :), I've experienced it through several friends lately....
From: Davidavid® 25/10/2001 21:17:21
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17139
orright... aquatic worms... I know about them, but AFAICS they are just about exactly like normal earthworms... and then there are different types of earthworm as well.

We find heaps of earthworms in the humus of our drain/gutter system whenever we clean it out.

ddd
From: G-wiz 25/10/2001 21:30:07
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17142
"We find heaps of earthworms in the humus of our drain/gutter system whenever we clean it out."

I assume you're talking about the guttering on your house. Can they fly too?
From: joey® 25/10/2001 23:17:04
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17158
jj, an interesting experiment. get the kids to collect some earthworms ... put them into or close to a deep pool of water and see if they start to make little worms!

You could start a "worm dating service" if successful !

cheers jo
From: jj® 25/10/2001 23:51:53
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17159
The more I think about it the more I wonder what would happen ... as in what would the kids do ... I do really want to work this out ... but finding ways to go about it without being cruel* is a big issue.
jj
Being thought to be cruel is just as big an issue I think... and that would surely be a big thing. I will have to think on it.
From: strom® 26/10/2001 10:19:37
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17173
OK experiment time, maybe if I do the dastardly experiment (drowning and cutting in half) of a couple of tiger worms and also a couple of native to this backyard Australian variety worms, and give you my results and record my techniques for your class jj, I'm curious so am going to perform them anyway, but if you wish the results without compromising the sensibilities of your young students..................
From: strom® 26/10/2001 11:11:30
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17177
OKI DOKI, friday 26/10/01, 10.27 am.
Exp. 1/ Worm regeneration.
2 tiger worms selected in good health.
dissected into 2 equal parts, using a new sterile blade from one of my first aid kits.
these have then been placed in a prepared container which has had some worm cast material added to it.
the container is secure and ventilated, this has then been placed back into the worms bedding box so as to maintain the temp. and humidity the worms have acclimatised too.
now to wait and see......


26/10/01 10.35 am
Exp. 2/ Worms adaptability to total emersion into fresh water.

2 tiger worms in good health.
1/4 cup filled with worm cast.
topped to 3/4 full with fresh clean water,.water was well ventilated so there is no chlorine present, also the water is always beside the worm beds (maintanance purposes) so is of aproximate temprature to that of the worms climate.
this cup is now also next to experiment 1/ to maintain temprature.



From: joey® 26/10/2001 12:04:21
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17183
'nuther earthworm info site says that worms don't multiply when chopped up but that if the cut off section is not too damaged it can regrow giving the appearance of a new worm growing !

oops might just "grow" the original two back.

fact : I can happliy farm them, squash thier dear little heads and feed them to my birds ..BUT .. I couldn't deliberately cut one in half !!!

Strom, aren't red wrigglers manure pile residents ?
they may not adapt so well as the common variety earthworm to a water habitat.

Am I condemning more worms ?

have you thought about posting your experiment on sssf -

cheers jo

From: strom® 26/10/2001 12:09:52
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17184
G'day Joey, how are you, yes they are imigrants and not natives, I'm also trying the experiment on our native worms but will conscript these chappies after this arvo's watering of veg patch.

I'm also thinking after a decent rain next I will fetch a couple of the big black/grey river worms too.

cheers
From: Dark Orange® 26/10/2001 12:19:38
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17185

"2 tiger worms selected in good health."

How did you know? Did you get a medical checkup done? :)

Also, did you take note of which containers you stuck the head and tail ends in?

From: joey® 26/10/2001 12:19:56
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17186
hallo again strom,
some more thoughts on posible outcomes :
They may be given ideal conditions but not be in the mood ! Do earthworms get headaches? Do they like a back rub first ... do they have a back to rub? Is lighting, mood music required - will you need to provide dusk like conditions with a goodnight chorus from the birds ?

Will self consciousness set in prompting questions like
"Do I look good in water?"
"Do you like my new transparant look?"

I think I'll stop here

cheers jo (who's bored!)
From: joey® 26/10/2001 12:32:50
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17189
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excuse me while I slip into something more comfortable (whilst sliding seductively into a strategically placed pool of water.
From: strom® 26/10/2001 12:35:30
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17190
OK,... good health? the whole worm bed is in good health, all the worms are breeding happily, their full firm bodied, very active, good colour, no neck braces or crutches, and non smokers till the last.

heads and tails are in the same container, each end can be either live or die, dont care which, I just want to see if anything regrows.
From: bec (lurking) 26/10/2001 12:44:30
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17192
*lol* @ jo
From: jj® 26/10/2001 18:29:44
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17237
Now I don't know what to do ... it's been a rotten day ... began well, then discovered I'd double-booked and missed the REALLY important meeting ... and I feel dreadful over the experiments ... I am grateful for strom's taking on what I now think might have appeared to be a request ... but ... the dilemma is a real one for me. I struggle with having animals in the classroom at all because if we don't have a real "reverence" for life than I think we end up innoculating the kids against feeling for the enviromnent ... this is NOT a criticism of anyone else ... I am just responding while feeling low ... but also when I don't hae the resources to cast my feelings in a more positive light ... to that extent I am with DTA ... I want to thank people for ideas and energy while wishing that it hadn't happened ... jj (the spoilsport)
:-(((((
From: strom® 27/10/2001 20:03:40
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17363
Hello jj, I hope your feeling a bit less rung out
than yesterday, and fear not, I did'nt see your dilema over the experiments as a request, I fully understand as to your concerns with your wards and their sensibilities, and I really am quite curious as to the findings, because I was given a little pamphlet on worms yonks ago by a grower and it stated that a cut worm is as good as history, and after reading joey's post and link,
I NEED TO SEE FOR MYSELF, this will settle the question for me as oppossed to second hand info........no not joeys info, his statement on the worms is sound based on the info he read,
its 2 sets of conflicting info by 2 experts I need to confirm one way or the other.

OK now for todays gripping update;

worms were inspected at 4.50pm 27/10/01

Exp. 1/ 2 worms dissected in half to ascertain the worms regenerative abilities;

after 30 hours 23 minutes the dissected worms are active ! all 4 sections,....remember it was 2 worms dissected into 4 sections.

the containment box is at the same temp and humidity as the perant breeding box.

the inscissions are healing very rapidly.

one section was travelling in the direction of the inscission as if that was its head.

Exp. 2/ 4.58pm 27/10/01
2 submurged worms to ascertain their ability to survive drowning.

after more than 30 hours the 2 worms are active when lifted from the water with a tongue depresser.

strong colour, firm bodies, both worms eagerly stretched out to walk, lifted and probed with their heads.

all the worms are Tiger worms, a composting worm.

these experiments are too be repeated with native from the back yard type and the larger dark grey/black river worms.

cheers

From: jj® 28/10/2001 3:04:02
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17400
strom, you are a treat.
thanks
jj(who really wanted to know but couldn't bring herself to "do it".)
From: strom® 28/10/2001 13:59:44
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17413
G'day jj, here's the latest update.

Exp. 1. 28/10/01. 1.20 pm DST. ascertain the regenerative properties of worms.

the dissected worms all 4 sections appear to be active.
inscissions of the disection are no longer evident.
colour and body firmness are good.
the worms probe and walk actively.

Exp. 2. 28/10/01. 1.27 pm DST. ascertain the survival abilities of worms submerged in water.

argh ! 1 worm has left the building !! no no, no interviews at this stage thank you, please please let us through, we believe he may be overseas visiting his girlfriend, thats all we can say at this stage thank you, no, no more comments at this stage, NO COMMENT.
bloody reporters !

alright,....the worm that IS still contained is'nt looking too chippa.
active and quite mobile, probing.
though the colour is begining to fade to a greyish tint of red.
the body is at this stage still reasonably firm.

cheers, oh and Hello to all you little searchers.
:)



From: strom® 28/10/2001 14:31:05
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17416
I am begining to come to the conclusion that with this particular species it may be that death from dissection is more an event resulting from bacterial/fungal infection rather than from the actual dissection itself.

an interesting footnote,
this found in another worm book I have, tiger worms are not the ideal bait worm, as the worm gives off an enzime that apparently fish find distasteful,......though this may very well be a piece of information supplied by a grower of the more expensive to purchase afrikan nightcrawler,
which is great bait, but a lot dearer to buy.

cheers
From: strom® 29/10/2001 23:06:17
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17576
Hello jj, young searchers, sorry todays update is so late, but the needs of my many have outwayed the needs of me,..... :)

OK its 11.01 pm and on inspection the report for the worms is as it was for yesterday for both experiment 1 and 2.
no further developments are observed within the lapsed time.

regards.
From: strom® 29/10/2001 23:09:32
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17577
Oh incedently, for convenience for you guys I will go back over these reports and cut and paste so they are all in the 1 post at the conclusion of this series of observations.

cheers to you searchers :)
From: searchers 29/10/2001 23:14:57
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17578
strom, we are having a most interesting time with all these simplest of creatures.
Thankyou for your reports.

As well as the earth worms we have a large table with many green bottles (yes we do sing that song) each sporting a small branch(let) of Eucalyptus or Acacia foliage.

They have either eggs or larvae of various kinds on them ... plus cocoons on some old foliage.
One very peculiar caterpillar has gone AWOL.
jj reprting for everyone (we are just too busy during the day at present)
From: strom® 29/10/2001 23:27:11
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17582
G'day jj, I nearly came bursting into my little office here at home earlier, with the intent of powering up the puter and seeing if you were about, to let you know that channel 10 was hosting an Attonborough Doco called "the secret life of plants", as it was showing an amazing relationship between ants and a species of Acacia in Afrika, where the ants literally protect the Acacia from insects AND other plants, where they chewed away any creepers that tried to grow on the Acacia and destroyed any seedlings trying to emerge near it, and in return the Acacia was the source of nourishment for the ants, thought you might of wanted to record it for your kids, but then remembered, 'oops' your Sth Oz, different programing I think.

oh well, serrah serrah.
:)
From: jj® 29/10/2001 23:31:45
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17583
... and guess whose recorder isn't working (and hasn't, for months ....)
jj
From: beclf® 30/10/2001 0:25:16
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17587
strom, was that the program where the ants would stop the girraffes from eating the acacias? I remember one like that, the ants had to swarm up the girraffe's nose to get there attention, because their skin is so thick they otherwise wouldn't feel the bites. I also recall the shots of a girraffe protecting her ?calf? from a lion with her front feet, amazing.
From: strom® 30/10/2001 22:17:57
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17695
Subject: re: Earthworms post id: 17177
OKI DOKI, friday 26/10/01, 10.27 am.
Exp. 1/ Worm regeneration.
2 tiger worms selected in good health.
dissected into 2 equal parts, using a new sterile blade from one of my first aid kits.
these have then been placed in a prepared container which has had some worm cast material added to it.
the container is secure and ventilated, this has then been placed back into the worms bedding box so as to maintain the temp. and humidity the worms have acclimatised too.
now to wait and see......

26/10/01 10.35 am
Exp. 2/ Worms adaptability to total emersion into fresh water.

2 tiger worms in good health.
1/4 cup filled with worm cast.
topped to 3/4 full with fresh clean water,.water was well ventilated so there is no chlorine present, also the water is always beside the worm beds (maintanance purposes) so is of aproximate temprature to that of the worms climate.
this cup is now also next to experiment 1/ to maintain temprature.


OK now for todays gripping update;

worms were inspected at 4.50pm 27/10/01

Exp. 1/ 2 worms dissected in half to ascertain the worms regenerative abilities;

after 30 hours 23 minutes the dissected worms are active ! all 4 sections,....remember it was 2 worms dissected into 4 sections.

the containment box is at the same temp and humidity as the perant breeding box.

the inscissions are healing very rapidly.

one section was travelling in the direction of the inscission as if that was its head.

Exp. 2/ 4.58pm 27/10/01
2 submurged worms to ascertain their ability to survive drowning.

after more than 30 hours the 2 worms are active when lifted from the water with a tongue depresser.

strong colour, firm bodies, both worms eagerly stretched out to walk, lifted and probed with their heads.

all the worms are Tiger worms, a composting worm.

these experiments are too be repeated with native from the back yard type and the larger dark grey/black river worms.


Exp. 1. 28/10/01. 1.20 pm DST. ascertain the regenerative properties of worms.

the dissected worms all 4 sections appear to be active.
inscissions of the disection are no longer evident.
colour and body firmness are good.
the worms probe and walk actively.

Exp. 2. 28/10/01. 1.27 pm DST. ascertain the survival abilities of worms submerged in water.

argh ! 1 worm has left the building !! no no, no interviews at this stage thank you, please please let us through, we believe he may be overseas visiting his girlfriend, thats all we can say at this stage thank you, no, no more comments at this stage, NO COMMENT.
bloody reporters !

alright,....the worm that IS still contained is'nt looking too chippa.
active and quite mobile, probing.
though the colour is begining to fade to a greyish tint of red.
the body is at this stage still reasonably firm.

cheers, oh and Hello to all you little searchers.

I am begining to come to the conclusion that with this particular species it may be that death from dissection is more an event resulting from bacterial/fungal infection rather than from the actual dissection itself.

OK its 11.01 pm and on inspection the report for the worms is as it was for yesterday for both experiment 1 and 2.
no further developments are observed within the lapsed time.


OK its 11.01 pm and on inspection the report for the worms is as it was for yesterday for both experiment 1 and 2.
no further developments are observed within the lapsed time.

Final Report; 30/10/01 10.08 pm

well ALL the dissected worms are very active fully healed and strong colour and body.

the worm that was left in the water has escaped now aswell,....thats where the other one went I think,.... to get help !

Conclusion is; Tiger worms can survive, and not only survive but heal very rapidly, following dissection into 2 peaces,.. remarkable.

as for Tiger worms drowning; due to an elaborate and ingenius escape plan which was quite successful the results are inconclusive, though after 2 days of submersion the worms DID have the strength to escape.



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