MadSci Network: Zoology
Query:

Re: Why do worms end up on the pavement after it rains?

Date: Sun Feb 27 06:37:12 2000
Posted By: Rochelle Ferris, Undergraduate, Marine Biology / Zoology, James Cook University, Australia
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 950656860.Zo
Message:

Well it's a funny thing, you see, worms breathe through their skin. They don't have lungs like you and I do. When it rains a lot, sometimes they find it difficult to breathe in the water-logged soil, so they have to come out to where it's a bit drier.

Hope that's enough for you :).
Rochelle


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