Saturday, July 15, 2006
Worm Mystery
When weeding or digging about in the garden, there is ample (or over-ample) time to ponder things. Unfortunately, my mind doesn't turn to things like the meaning of life or a proposal for world peace... today I was thinking about worms. I was trenching along a flower bed with my trowel, and worms were coming to the surface in droves right ahead of where I was digging, and wiggling away on the surface of the ground. While I admit, worms may not be the brightest of God's creatures, this bit of behavior has always puzzled me; when somebody is mucking about in their vicinity, why wouldn't they head deeper in the ground, rather than flying to the surface and wiggling about, attracting the beam of the fat robin's eye? I then realized that it's all about moles. The mole is a voracious consumer of worms, so when the worms detect something digging in their vicinity, they flee to the surface. Maybe they are brighter than I think.
// posted by IBOY @ 7:57 PM 
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That's fascinating -- I've never really thought about that, but you're right -- as soon as we dig, up they come. Thanks for the insight!
Genie
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