I once read somewhere (most likely from an unreliable source) that if all of the Earth's worms came to the surface, we would be standing two feet deep in the hermaphroditic creatures. More than a million earthworms can be found in a single acre of land. Here’s the simple truth: I think worms are the coolest thing. There are 2,700 kinds of earthworms; I mean, obviously they’re doing something right. It is a well known fact that the invertabrates have no arms, legs or eyes, yet they manage to wiggle their way through grass and dirt, and still know up from down. I would never be able to do that! And although worms cannot see light, they can sense it, and try to keep away from it, because extended light exposure can paralyze them. Crazy, right? Plus, everyone knows that if you cut a worm in half, it contimues to live. However, not only that, but that worm half will continue to grow, flourish and reproduce if left to. Worms are cold blooded, which, literally and figuratively, makes the even cooler. Here, think about this: Worms aren’t mamals, so they must lay eggs. Imagine how small that egg must be. Actually, baby worms hatch from cacoon structures smaller than a grain of rice. Worms can even eat their own weight in less than a day. Worms are so impressive thar Charles Darwin spent nearly four decades studying them. To be honest, if I didn’t know that they would just be slaughtered in masses and their corpses hung as trophies on the end of a hooked pole, I would probably want to be a worm farmer. It’s a real thing and it’s real cool.
